Lately I’ve found myself listening to the radio on the drive to work, perhaps because my CDs have started to…
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After finally accepting his demi-God status and saving the world from near destruction at the hands of a fellow demi-God,…
Will Self: Kafka’s biggest fan. You may know Will Self as a Grumpy Old Man, a BBC panellist, a writer,…
In September 2013, United States Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey will enter a second term of Laureateship. On 19th June, 2013,…
Getting there: Edinburgh Direct train lines from Manchester Piccadilly, Crewe and London King’s X. All train lines will call at…
The Austrian capital, Vienna -“Wien” in its target German language- has a City Airport Train (‘CAT’) service to take passengers…
Wystan Hugh Auden was a northern English poet born in 1907.Though he was born English he later became an American…
Teesside novelist Pat Barker (a female ‘Pat’) is perhaps best known for her Regeneration Trilogy, which is set in the…
NB: Article penned in September 2012. Does anyone remember the Brit Awards ceremony in circa 2003, when Coldplay performed? No?…
When autumn arrives, the crunchy red leaves underfoot sombrely remind me it will not be long until I have a…
It’s twenty years since Nirvana released their second studio album, Nevermind and a nineties revival is said to be imminent.…
Shortly before 1818, a group of Romantic poets and writers travelled from Britain to Geneva. The party included Mary Wollstonecraft…
Please note the time of going to press: February 2012. The Brontës- a sisterhood of gothic writers. The daughters…
In light of BEDS’ (Bangor English Drama Society) recent-and fantastic- production of Shakespeare’s Macbeth, Rosie MacLeod takes a look at…
2012 was Charles Dickens bicentenary year. This year, following heavy renovation, his house has been reopened, fulfilling great expectations. Museum:…
IN ESSENCE OF THE SEREN 90s NIGHT, HERE IS A GUIDE TO THE MUSEUMS OF 90s BRITAIN. BY AN ANTIQUE…