Maggie John reveals her Arts and Lit resolutions for the New Year, inspiring us to enrich our lives in the coming year.
Reading
What the Writers are Reading
Rhian Hutchings gives us the low-down on the perfect quarantine reading material
Escapist Literature
Amy Butterworth discusses the legitimacy of reading for the purposes of escapism
Coping with Coronavirus Lockdown: The Understated Joys of Reading a Script
Courtney Priday explores the delights of reading scripts during nationwide theatre shutdowns.
The Importance of Literary Criticism
Rhian Hutchings explores how important literary criticism is for our enjoyment of literature.
Can reading affect eating disorders?
Freda Worrell explores both the positive and negative impacts that reading can have on people with eating disorders.
Non-Fiction Books on the Rise
Paige Insalaco discusses the increasing publication and popularity of non-fiction books.
Judith Kerr: Childhood reading
Emma Hussain discusses Judith Kerr’s impact on the effects of reading children’s books on child development.
How you can dive into language: the experiences of an English student in Germany
Back in October, I attended my first class on Chaucer’s Troilus and Criseyde. It was a first for many reasons: mainly due to how the lesson was conducted – much to my surprise, in both English and German. I knew that German would be spoken to some extent, I am in Munich after all, but […]
Is Reading a Cultural Addiction?
Bibliophilia. Bibliomania. Obsessive compulsive reading. Book readers anonymous. Reading is known by most as a relaxing past time; a chance to de-stress and unwind, a chance to rediscover old favourites or enter a new sanctuary of literary escape. But for some people, this is not a choice, it is an impulse. Zadie Smith recently spoke […]