IB English

Click HERE for an informed and scholarly
conversation about 'Madame Bovary' and the
obscenity trial faced by Flaubert. Essential listening if you choose this as one of your World Lit project texts.

All Subjects

For those of you who joined the College this year: welcome to my blog! For starters, all students of English and Comms should take a strong interest in language. Here's the wonderful Stephen Fry with his new series 'Fry's Planet World'.

AS Language and Literature

Here's a review of a recent production of 'A Streetcar Named Desire'.

AS Communication and Culture

Take 10 minutes to try THIS questionnaire which helps you to create your own Johari Window model.

AS Literature

THIS is a review of a more recent work by Alan Bennett.

A2 Literature

As you complete your homework on the opening of 'The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao', check out this interview with author Junot Diaz:

IB English

As we focus on 'Perfume' this week and iconic 90s band Nirvana are being remembered as 'Nevermind' turns 20, here's Kurt Cobain's take on Grenouille:

A2 Communication and Culture

As you're deciding on whether or not Feminism is relevant in 2011, check out THIS article from The Guardian.

Also, listen to THIS excellent radio discussion on the topic.