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...
As the nights draw in and we move headlong into autumn, there is nothing like curling up with a good book. This time of year is very popular for books to be published – particularly in the run-up to Christmas, when booksellers hope to make money on lots of titles. But...
Literature is a vital subject to study in schools. It improves skills around communication and articulation and helps students better understand other things such as politics, culture, and history. Sadly, in 2019, interest in A-Level English was declining in learning...
