He was a talented child and he helped to create the imaginary world of Angria with Charlotte which supported her earliest literary endeavours.
I have been working for Oxford Open Learning since 2010 and love helping my students with their English and History courses. As a teacher and personal tutor, I have taught pupils from all around the world, aged from three to adult. I am often to be found with my head in a book and sometimes I have four or five on the go at the same time. I love learning about History and Art and am passionate about literature.
Holes: Book v Film
You always need to be aware that there may be – in fact, probably will be – alterations in order to condense it into the required format and time.
A Terrible Beauty: The Poets of the Easter Rising
That April, Yeats came to see the failure of this minor rebellion as a symbol of a deeper and more significant battle.
Time to revisit Poldark (Spoilers…)?
Author Winston Graham was a serious historian who strove to represent the hardships of a Cornish mining community in a realistic light.
Whatever happened to Awe and Wonder?
I love visiting museums and art galleries, but currently it is becoming increasingly difficult to enjoy them in an atmosphere of respect.
The Untimely Death of Rupert Brooke
Brooke was the ‘Golden Boy’ of the Georgian poets: WB Yeats famously referred to him as ‘the handsomest young man in England’
The Rebirth of Richard III
What is surprising, however, is that the crowds in Leicester this weekend did not seem bothered by whether Richard was or was not responsible for their deaths of the two princes.
A Testament to Roland Leighton
The First World War saw many burgeoning love affairs but the way this one was recorded, with its author’s response to its inception and sudden end, gives it a unique significance.