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This is my teaching blog for classes of A Level Literature, Language & Literature, Communication & Culture and IB English. Please find regular course updates, useful links and extra resources below, or click on the name of your course for more information.

Wednesday 24 November 2010

IB English

Download a free audiobook version of Measure For Measure HERE. What could be better to accompany you on your daily commute?

A2 Literature

Here's an interview with Philip Larkin from 1964, conducted by fellow poet, John Betjeman.

Tuesday 16 November 2010

A2 Communication & Culture


Enrich your appreciation of 'Fictions' with this radio documentary on the development and future of the novel.

AS Literature


Improve your understanding of the context of 'The Great Gatsby' with this documentary on America in the 20th Century.

A2 Communication & Culture

Refresh your understanding of feminism with this excellent radio documentary on the rise of feminism and this show about women's suffragism.

AS Language and Literature

To complement your contextual understanding of 'Things Fall Apart', click here to listen to a programme about the problems facing the African continent throughout history.

IB English

IB students can get a head-start on our second text by clicking here to find an excellent radio discussion of James Joyce's 'A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man'. Furthermore, Joyce plays a prominent role in this documentary on Literary Modernism.

Wednesday 10 November 2010