2015-17 A Level English

Hello  students of A Level English Literature!  You will be pleased to learn, if you did not know already, that there is help at hand.   The...

For background on this, in Pakistan but also relevant to India, listen to: Women's Hour 5th April 2017

Dear students, You loved it - I listened!   You can now buy a compilation of these blogs on Victorian Verse from Amazon, on Kindle or in...

D eath, and the fear of death, was an ever-present concern of Victorian writers.  Whilst quoting average life-expectancy figures needs to b...

The question in the A level examinations will be on a “ theme ” – a central concern or idea which may form the focus of the poem or be an ...

Browning's “ first, fine, careless rapture " is heard agin here, but with a very different effect.  The title alone suggests a ...

This is another poem about the Boer War. A wife receives two communications in quick succession.  In a version found on-line, the two parts...