Doris Lessing
Doris Lessing (1919-2013) had an eventful life and drew on her multi-faceted experiences to write about women in all types of situation. […]
Doris Lessing (1919-2013) had an eventful life and drew on her multi-faceted experiences to write about women in all types of situation. […]
The language of the court is that which is spoken by the aristocracy. It is deemed to be the most prestigious and […]
J.R.R. Tolkien, CBE (1892-1973), was the author of the epic fantasy trilogy ‘The Lord of the Rings’ (1954-5) and its precursor ‘The […]
Robert Browning (1812-89) spent much of his life financially supported by family while he pursued his desire to be a poet, which […]
The Great Vowel Shift (GVS) is the reason we may find Old and Middle English difficult to grasp. It is also a […]
Enid Mary Blyton (1897-1968), born in London, was our most-loved and prolific author of children’s literature. Emerging from her own unhappy childhood, […]
For a man who excelled in, adored and taught mathematics, it was an amazing recognition of his wide-ranging intellectual output in print […]
Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834) wrote the poem ‘The Rime of the Ancient Mariner‘ as the first entry in the book he co-authored […]
Kent-born William Caxton (c.1422-91) was the first to bring the printing press to Britain and to publish in English. During the twenty […]
Although there are several ways to construct a future meaning in English, there is no stand-alone future tense. We share this apparent […]
The Protestant religion emerged in the sixteenth century and its followers grew to be a sizeable minority in France, where they were […]
Clive Staples Lewis (1898-1963), or ‘Jack’ to friends and family, was born in Belfast. As a boy he was an avid reader […]
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