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H. G. Wells and the Natural World
Emily Alder looks at the his early scientific romances and the mastery of nature
1967 – The Summer Of Love
We have a nostalgic wallow in the events of fifty years ago
Jane Austen 200
On the bicentenary of Jane Austen’s death, Sally Minogue pays tribute to her final novel, ‘Persuasion’.
‘… the huge jaws seemed to be dripping with a bluish flame…’
David Stuart Davies tells how reading ‘The Hound of the Baskervilles’ made him a lifetime devotee of the master detective.
Spinoza: America’s Founding Grandfather
American born Parker Lancaster delves into the depths of what the notion of freedom and Independence Day truly stands for and how he will be taking a page out of Spinoza’s book this year…(excuse the pun).
A Life Story rather than a Love Story
Sally Minogue reviews the National Theatre’s touring production of ‘Jane Eyre’
David Stuart Davies takes a look at The Wind in the Willows
With a musical version opening in London, David Stuart Davies takes a look at this perennially popular children’s classic. Poop-Poop!
Dickens and Lawrence: A tale of two halves
David Ellis considers how ‘David Copperfield’ and ‘Sons and Lovers’ both fade after half time.
Celebrating 25 Years of Wordsworth Classics
It’s a quarter of a century since the launch of the Wordsworth £1 Classic