Travel Journal of 2018 I cannot express how much I’ve been looking forward to creating this post, as well as more to come over the next week or two here on my blog. This summer I got to visit many new and thrilling places on a cruise, something that I have never gotten to experience… Read More Italy: Florence
What a summer it has been! The weeks flew by as fast as ever, but the amount I got to experience and explore in that time make up for how short the holidays felt. Granted, the amount I had going on has meant I haven’t had a chance to create blog content, but now that… Read More Summer 2018 Book Reviews
The number of children reading for fun is declining annually: are we at risk of losing something very important? Over the past few weeks, I have volunteered at my local library encouraging young children to read books of their choice and to give thoughtful responses to what they felt about them. This experience has been… Read More Should We All Aim to Read More?
A turn of the century meant a turn on tradition in literature Modernism was the changes in the arts between late 19th century and 1939, with the outbreak of World War Two acting as the ‘full stop’ on this movement. The key feature of Modernism was experimentation in form, rather than presenting both art and… Read More Literary Modernism
It is healthy to ‘get out’ and breathe a new air, see new sights, and take in new information, outside of our everyday life, It might just be me, but when it comes to this most popular time of year, one of my favourite things to work out is exactly what it is I want… Read More Making the Most of Summer
A brief overview of the history of this popular genre I’m fairly certain that most of us have watched one of the Twilight films, or read the series of novels the films are based on by Stephanie Meyer. Though I find the intense and cliché relationship between Edward and Bella somewhat hard to stomach due… Read More Gothic Literature – Now to Then
What books will you delve into this summer? This year I have seen my piles of ‘completed’ and ‘to read’ books at their highest as I’ve attempted to not only conduct much wider reading for my studies, but also to devote more time to reading for pleasure instead of procrastinating over various other things. To… Read More Book Reviews – My 2018 Reading List So Far
we should ensure that as we work towards our goals, along the way we acquire other little ones that are a token of fun amongst the ‘big’ things in life. Being an A level student, I have quite a thorough understanding of how much work, essays, coursework and studying can consume your life and take… Read More Finding Your Outlet
