Literary devices are essential tools used in English literature to convey a deeper meaning, evoke emotion, and add texture to stories. These devices help writers to communicate their ideas in more creative and meaningful ways. From Shakespeare’s use of imagery to...
Now we’re into the festive month of December, it is hard to avoid the ubiquitous Christmas markets – they’re everywhere. Of course, the majority of people love an excuse for a wander around pretty stalls, all selling tempting goods, from fantastically fragrant soaps,...
To celebrate Children’s Book week, here I give a run down of my favourite 5 children’s books of all time, and the meaning you can find in them. The Very Hungry Caterpillar (1969) The Very Hungry Caterpillar is a 1969 children’s picture book, designed, illustrated, and...
It’s that time of year again. Dark nights, pumpkins-a-plenty, the excitement of firework displays bubbling away, with other winter celebrations just around the corner. As the year goes on, time is often marked by specific events, such as Easter, Diwali and Christmas –...
John Keats was an English Romantic poet and author of three poems considered to be among among the finest in the English language. Keats was the eldest of four children, being born on 31 October 1795 in London to parents Frances Jennings Keats and Thomas Keats. Keats...
Perhaps you have heard the story of one of England’s kings, recently discovered and exhumed from beneath a car park in Leicester, before receiving a ‘proper’ royal burial. Or maybe you studied Shakespeare’s Richard III in your time in...
