10 books to read to celebrate LGBTQ+ history month
As LGBTQ+ history month draws to a close, I have been reflecting on my favourite stories that have personally taught me a lot about queer...
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Feb 12, 20216 min read
A brighter future for the Booker Prize?
By Hannah Green The Booker Prize is one of the biggest events on the literary calendar, but now the speculation, anticipation and...
Jan 26, 20214 min read
In a reading rut? Here’s how to get out of it…
By Gabriella Sotiriou It is a new year which means the still air that fills the early weeks of January is echoing with whispers of ‘new...
Jan 11, 20215 min read
A student’s top ten books of 2020
By Isobel Warner If 2020 was good for anything, it was reading. As an English Literature student in her final year, it feels like all I...
Dec 15, 20205 min read
Where did all the libraries go? | Losing Access to literature
By Maria Atter Since the coalition government began enforcing austerity in 2010, cuts to local council’s funding have forced the closure...
Oct 27, 20204 min read
‘You haven’t read Dickens?’: Superiority in reading communities
We live in an age of immediacy. TV, social media, likes, clicks, love hearts, snaps; the books are being thrown slowly out the window...
Sep 8, 20205 min read
What do The Ting Tings and George Eliot have in common? That’s not her name
By Imogen Usherwood George Eliot, Vernon Lee and John Oliver Hobbes. All infamous writers, and all with one thing in common – that’s not...
Sep 3, 20206 min read
Why is everybody talking about Billy? Why poetry became an optional choice at GCSE (and Shakespeare
By Lucy Johnson Remember traipsing through the poetry anthology during you GCSE’s? The tables have turned for high school students as...
Jul 17, 20205 min read
That Face: A tale of manipulation, loss and Jocasta
A young girl is strapped to a chair; body limp, breathing shallow. Her face is covered with just a small slit allowing her access to...
Jul 7, 20204 min read
Harry Potter and the art of separating the art from the artist
By Nicole Leslie Charria Johnny Depp, Michael Jackson and JK Rowling. All creators of beautiful art. But what do you do when the art you...
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