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Sally Minogue looks at John Keats
John Keats’ ‘Ode to a Nightingale’ recently won Twitter’s Poetry Society Classic Poem World Cup: Sally Minogue tells us why.
The Newgate Controversy Part One
Stephen Carver looks at the events that threatened the reputation of the young Charles Dickens
Sally Minogue looks at Les Misérables
Sally Minogue looks at Victor Hugo’s novel and Andrew Davies’ adaptation for BBC Television
Feminist Shakespeare?
Professor Cedric Watts looks at the many strong female characters found in Shakespeare’s works.
David Ellis on Lost Masterpieces
David Ellis looks at the literary ones that got away
David Stuart Davies looks at The Jungle Book
David Stuart Davies looks at Kipling’s enduringly popular collection of stories.
Sally Minogue considers Little Dorrit
Sally Minogue considers Little Dorrit in the light of a ‘radical’ adaptation on BBC Radio 4
No snakes were harmed in the making of this play
Sally Minogue and Stefania Ciocia puzzle over their disappointment with an acclaimed production of Antony and Cleopatra.
David Stuart Davies looks at Les Misérables
David Stuart Davies looks at the novel behind the new BBC adaptation [This article contains references to the novel which you may wish to avoid if you are watching the story for the first time].