AS Communication & Culture

The comedian Richard Herring did a radio show last week all about 'Hoodies'. Listening to this is a perfect way to prepare for Coursework A, especially if you choose to write about clothing. Warning: Be quick, as programmes only stay on iPlayer for a few days.

AS Language and Literature

Click HERE to listen to this week's The Write Stuff radio show, which discusses (and jokes about) the work of Tennessee Williams

A2 Communication & Culture

As part of our work on Postmodernism, read THIS article on The Truman Show as a postmodern spectacle.

A2 Communication & Culture

Listen to THIS radio documentary on Feminism called 'Whatever Happened to the Sisterhood'. Could be very useful to sample in your podcasts later on in the year.

AS Language & Literature

Here are two photos of our classroom performance of Scene Seven of 'A Streetcar Named Desire', starring Milford as Stanley, Chrisel as Stella and Aida as Blanche.

AS Language & Literature

As part of your wider reading, you should read another of Tennessee Williams' plays: 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof'. HERE's a link to the film version starring Elizabeth Taylor. What similarities are there between this play and 'Streetcar'? What parallels can you find between the events of this play and those of Williams' own life?

AS Language & Literature

A 'Streetcar Named Desire' came to London last year. Read reviews of the performance, starring Rachel Weisz HERE and HERE. If you were staging the play, who would you cast as Blanche, Stella, Stanley and Mitch?

A2 Communication & Culture

News today on changes to Employment Law and discrimination in the work place. Could be relevant to our work on Second Wave Feminism. Click HERE for the story.