Yesterday marked what would have been the 228th birthday of a man who is widely regarded as one of the greatest lyrical and philosophical poets of the English language; Percy Bysshe Shelley. Works Shelley’s most well-known achievements include poems such as...
If you’re studying History at either GCSE or A-Level, primary sources will feature heavily in your final exams. Getting comfortable with them is not only crucial for doing well in these exams, but can also give you transferable skills for further study and use...
In the long history of the Nobel Prize there have been 2 refusals from its chosen recipients. Refusals potentially carry as much if not more weight than that of the prize itself. To take a stand against such an established cultural institution promotes the award...
The Nobel Prize Foundation is a globally recognised organisation in its own right. It has celebrated candidates and laureates from nearly every country and focuses on a very broad range of human experience. You may want to know some more exact details about the...
Recent years have seen the sorts of shifts in life and lifestyle which science fiction writers of the past would have been simultaneously happy to have predicted and potentially surprised to see come to fruition. In 1930, Bob Brown wrote ‘The Readies’, predicting the...
Ten More Books… The Other People, C.J. Tudor If you’re a fan of books that go ‘bump in the night’ then C.J. Tudor’s latest offering is sure to satisfy. Gabe’s wife and daughter, Izzy, were murdered in their home, but Gabe remains convinced that Izzy is alive. In...
