A2 Communication and Culture

Another song idea for Kallum's podcast HERE
Phoebee here's an extract from THIS Guardian article:

On some level, all reality show judges can be swayed by human emotion. Have a decent enough sob story and you're guaranteed a shortcut to the X Factor bootcamp stage. MasterChef has its "passion test", where points are essentially awarded to the contestant who can repeat the words "fire" and "determination" the most in a single minute. Lord Sugar even let Michelle Dewberry win The Apprentice because she mentioned she had a bit of a rubbish childhood

Karen THIS is relevant to your podcast
Rihanna might be able to use some quotes from THIS
Nathan THIS might be useful for a few soundbites
Sharayne - more celebrity fighting
Kamron please read THIS
Harmoni THIS is relevant to your project on British holidays
Chantelle and Paige: an intelligent account of a relatively recent celebrity event

A2 COMMUNICATION & CULTURE

A creative coursework piece has emerged on YouTube - worth watching as it shares many themes with the topics some of you have chosen:

A2 LITERATURE

Below are the film clips which will be most useful to your coursework projects:

A2 Literature

Many thanks to Omar... here is a LINK to a radio discussion about whether or not having black ancestry makes you 'black' or 'mixed race'. Perfect for the Obama and Diaz elements of coursework.

AS Literature

Watch THIS very insightful (and funny) show by Charlie Brooker, which sheds a 21st century light on conspicuous consumption (a key theme of The Great Gatsby)

IB English

THIS article on Edna O'Brien and her relationship with Dublin is reminiscent of that experienced by Joyce (indeed, 'A Portrait of the Artist...' is referenced here).

*ALL SUBJECTS*

It would be useful for all of my students to watch 'Faulks On Fiction', Saturdays at 9pm on BBC2. The first episode is available on iPlayer HERE

Set for series record, it looks set to be relevant to all English and Comms courses!