There are essential reasons why young people should - perhaps, must - become more involved in the politics of the world around them.

1: Philip Pullman: His Dark Materials An essential piece of reading for both children and adults, and if you haven’t already at least hea...

An open letter to my students To begin at the beginning: It is Spring, moonless night in the small town, starless and bible-black, the co...

Miles into gathering mists the sun set, soaking into the distant blue hills. Sunset loomed, orange, then violet, then a clouded darkness...

Over the last few weeks I have been introducing my GCSE and A-Level students to a technique more often used in the IB or AP exams. But w...

Spring Term 2019 Begins I just want to wish all my students a wonderful first day back at school after the Christmas holidays. Starting ...

Lady Macbeth first appears when she reads the letter Macbeth sends ahead in the first Act, telling her of the witches’ prophecies and of ...

As part of my Halloween specials, I’m creating a resource for all my Shakespeare students who are bewitched, bothered and bewildered by t...

For the year’s on the turn and it’s All Souls’ night, When the dead can burn and the dead can smite. --Edith Wharton, All Souls (1909) Ha...

Context This is an autobiographical poem about family relationships. It seems that Hunt’s mother is much younger than his father, and so...

How to make them pick you! ​ Entrance Exam Top Tips It's what you haven't seen that counts.  Most of my students shudder whenever the t...

“Oh madam, when you put bread and cheese, instead of burnt porridge, into these children's mouths, you may indeed feed their vile bodies,...

Who was Shakespeare? William Shakespeare was born in 1564, and is one of the most famous playwrights in all of English Literature. Growin...