Guest Post – An English Literature Workshop with Myself, Age 14
Today’s post is an Oxbridge student’s reflection on what she would say to her...
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Category: Book Clubs
The Vegetarian Book Review: Planting Desire and Rooting Order?
The Vegetarian is a dark book that has sat with me for a few weeks now. Conventionally about the...
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Book Review: Wonder by RJ Palacio – Collisions of Kindness
This is a young adult story about kindness and identity. Its story can instigate useful...
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Book Review: Notes from the Jungle: Provocative Teacherspeak
Notes from the Jungle is an engagingly provocative book from a working international headteacher....
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Book Review: The Damage Done: A Macabre Love Island
The Damage Done is a compelling part of the relatively popular niche of prison experience books....
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Book Review: The Hunger: Punctured Horror
Two days ago I purchased ‘The Hunger’ as one of my top (read ‘promoted’) books after a Kindle...
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Book Review: Othello: Noble Jealousy?
This is my first review of a Shakespearean play. A Shakespearean play a peculiar thing considering...
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Book Review: Paris in the 20th Century: Lost for a Reason?
Paris in the 20th Century is the long-lost literary artefact of a great sci-fi writer. I was...
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Book Review: Jane Eyre: Virtue at What Cost?
Jane Eyre is a gothic story of love and redemption that is both smart and honest. I found it far...
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Book Review: Heart of Darkness: Nothingness and Making Money
Heart of Darkness is one of my favourite texts despite, or perhaps because of, its absolute...
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Book Review: No Baboons in India: Frank Memoirs from an International Headteacher
The TES is a popular website for teachers. It used to host an excellent overseas forum until the...
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Book Review: A Streetcar Named Desire: The Myth of Chivalry
A Streetcar Named Desire is a play I am teaching this year. Its influence in post-war literature...
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