At this time of year, when the sun seems to shine for longer, there’s nothing like a gripping read to get you through the weekend, or to keep you company on holiday. With summer just around the corner, you may already be thinking about what to pack in your case....
If you are an English Literature student, you will probably know you will have some closed-book assessment as part of your course. This is for A-Level and GCSE. But don’t panic: just because you won’t have your trusty, reliable set text in front of you doesn’t mean...
We speak English. We write it and read it. But that doesn’t make it an easy language. Let’s pull apart some confusing aspects of English – and hopefully, this will straighten things out for you. Homophones Do you know your (or is it you’re? No, it isn’t) ‘bear’ from...
Literature, Language, Point, Evidence, Explain If you are studying English Language or English Literature, you will be aware of the importance of using P.E.E (Point, Evidence, Explain) in your writing. You might know it by a slightly different acronym – and that’s...
Burns Night is tonight. But what exactly is it? And what has it got to do with English? Read on to find out. Robert Burns was writing way back in the late 1700s. Many people now consider him to be Scotland’s national poet. Even though he didn’t aim for this in his...
