Do you know where the phrase 'break a leg' comes from? It does not, as I have almost witnessed, come from that moment in which everything goes awry and the actor slips from the chair they're standing on, but rather from the concept that actors did not get paid unless they stepped onto stage, breaking … Continue reading Breaking a Leg and other Theatre Disasters
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In My Reviewer Era
It has been a term of comp tickets and 2am essay submissions, a term of sudden realisation that I had a Finals paper to do and very little time to prepare. Yet, it has also been the term where I have turned twenty one and had the sudden realisation that adulthood is coming up fast to greet me as most of my peers from school graduate.
More History Boys than Hot Girl
From a few too many midnight walks through the city to ginger shots and matcha before rehearsals to getting lost trying to find Latin tutorials, it has been quite the eventful term. Hilary has proved itself to live up to my belief that it is the best term of the three.
Observing Identity in Gaskell’s North and South
Due to recent global circumstances, the Hay Festival has gone online this year and as I was looking back through previous talks on 'Hay Player' I came across an interesting interview. Jenny Valentine was interviewing three authors about their short stories on the topic of journeys. As an avid reader it is always fascinating to … Continue reading Observing Identity in Gaskell’s North and South
Anne with an E Review
Sometimes finding the right words to describe a series can be so very difficult, especially when you have only just finished watching it. Having so recently witnessed the tumultuous climax of Anne and Gilbert's relationship, I feel as though I am still half in 1890s Canada. The heart felt words that were written but never … Continue reading Anne with an E Review
Powis Castle during the Second World War
Yesterday I had the opportunity to tread in the footsteps of the girls who spent their teen years far away from home and the brutality of the war. There was a girls school from Middlesex that was relocated to Powis Castle during world war two and The National Trust have decided to exhibit what it … Continue reading Powis Castle during the Second World War
Ecocriticism for beginners
In the most basic terms, ecocriticism is the connection between literature and the environment. It was born during a time of great industry in Britain and referred mostly to nature writing. These days it spans a great breadth of texts from literature to history, theology and philosophy to biology. It has been used to analyse … Continue reading Ecocriticism for beginners
Wild Rose and Pearls 