British values and English literature
Recent attempts by the British government to remind British citizens of the importance of British values, to encourage parents to instil them in their children and to require state-funded schools … Continue reading
September 3, 2014 · Leave a comment
Peasants
Peasants were a familiar part of the landscape of Russian literature until as a class, with the end of serfdom and the beginning of communism, they ceased to exist. We … Continue reading
November 13, 2013 · 1 Comment
Required reading
Alessandro Manzoni, like Emily Brontë, wrote only one novel. In Emily Brontë’s case it was because she died only a year after Wuthering Heights was published. I Promessi Sposi was … Continue reading
May 29, 2013 · 1 Comment
Neil Rathmell - writer 