Crime Fiction is Not Low-Brow
The high-brow/low-brow debate – no longer limited to the confines of literature – has now proliferated across popular culture and become increasingly commonplace. We have all been there and done…
A Literature Student on Maintaining Passion for the Subject
In my five years as a Literature Student, I have had the privilege of crossing paths with some incredible people, and watching their stories unfold has been nothing short of…
Memory, History and the Allure of the Narrative: Introducing Annie Ernaux
The Royal Swedish Academy on 6 October conferred the 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature upon the French writer Annie Ernaux, ‘for the courage and clinical acuity with which she uncovers…
The Inner Life of an Ordinary Closet
Everyday, closets are open and shut, with their doors swinging to the hurried push and pull gestures of the hands. I have always only cast cursory glances at my closet—always…
Creative Writing: The Everyday Orchestra
We all have heard this question: How was your day? Irrespective of the vast differences that characterise our daily routines, we always answer the question in the same manner –…
Poem of the week: ‘The Shout’ by Simon Armitage
We went outinto the school yard together, me and the boywhose name and face I don’t remember. We were testing the rangeof the human voice:he had to shout for all…