As recently as the early 1990’s, anyone over 50 was considered to be hurtling toward old age. Now, traditional measures of age no longer work.
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Why is Sherlock Holmes still so popular?
Arthur Conan Doyle wrote the first Sherlock Holmes story in 1886. It was published a year later in the Beeton’s Christmas Annual of 1887. Holmes was instantly popular, and went on to feature in a further 56 short stories and 4 novels by Conan Doyle over the next 40 years. However, the stories of Sherlock Homes, the […]
Making Study Mindful
The modern student must feel the added pressure of completing their course content whilst having to to start revision at the same time.
Classics to Read in School or Out
Some of the books arrayed in the following list are not only great for recreational reading, but also likely to be assigned at school at one point or another in the future.
Learning to Appreciate Literature
I didn’t care anymore that I had to read them for a purpose, as long as I had lots and lots of them to read. It was a complete turnaround for me.
General Franco: Europe”s Forgotten Dictator?
General Francisco Franco (more commonly known as Franco) ruled Spain as a military dictator from 1939 to his death in 1975, leading a brutal regime where hundreds of thousands of ordinary people were killed, and many more imprisoned and tortured, and yet this era of Spanish history which was right on our doorstep is often […]
On Women’s Writing
Over the years there have been different distinctions in relation to women’s writing regarding their topics of interest, style and the never-ending comparison to prominent men’s work of each era.
The History behind Catalonia’s Claim
The Catalan language was suppressed, with its poets and writers imprisoned and its press closed down. It is the children of grandparents and parents who lived through these times who form the backbone of today’s Catalonian Independence movement.
Quenching your Wanderlust through Reading
‘Reading gives us someplace to go when we have to stay where we are.’ I always think of that quote whenever I am reading—all the time—and I can’t find anything else that makes me happier. It is true that reality must overtake imagination and wish, because unfortunately you can’t live off those two things alone, […]