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An occasional blog concerned with the world of English Language and Literature. Featuring insights from examiners and past students as well as encouraging and inspiring everyone to pick up a book and get lost in a new world.

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Pushing Boundaries: Lessons from Bacon, Bowie, and the Brave

There’s nothing quite like a Francis Bacon exhibition to remind you that life is equal parts grotesque, tragic, and utterly captivating.

Sophie Welsh

Dec 10, 20242 min read

VIP Treatment or a Learning Squad?: The English Online Tuition Dilemma

Tuition. That golden ticket to better grades, fewer exam jitters, and the occasional boast at the school gates.

Sophie Welsh

Oct 14, 20243 min read

How to Win at Literature Essays (Spoiler: Plan First)

Here’s the secret: with a solid plan, your child will breeze through their English essay faster and with fewer bumps along the way.

Sophie Welsh

Oct 7, 20242 min read

The Topic Sentence: Signpost to Excelling in English Literature Exams with The LangLit Studio

Is your child staring blankly at their English Lit essay, fear not - The LangLit Studio Literature tuition is here to help.

Sophie Welsh

Sep 16, 20242 min read

Page to Stage - the unwritten adaptation (just as the West End beats me to it)

Shush, I know we shouldn’t have favourites. But if I had to choose, go on then, it would undoubtedly be the IB’s Literature and Performance

Sophie Welsh

Aug 19, 20242 min read

Shakespeare Reworked

Shakespeare is nothing if not a crackingly good storyteller. That he stole most of his plot lines is neither here nor there, just don’t ask

Sophie Welsh

Aug 12, 20243 min read

A Trip of a Lifetime, with a Nice Little PhD Attached

There's an unmatched thrill in perusing the dusty shelves of a second-hand bookshop, where the scent of old paper and the promise of...

Sophie Welsh

Aug 5, 20243 min read

Summer Reading for aspiring A Level / IB students

Pens down, books away - you’ve done the exams, you’re just waiting for the results. Nothing more to be done. IT’S THE SUMMER!

Sophie Welsh

Jul 22, 20242 min read

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