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.
There is something deliciously subversive happening in Sweden. After years of being the poster child for sleek screens, cashless living and children who can probably code before they can tie their shoelaces, Sweden is quietly rowing back. Physical textbooks are returning to classrooms.
The Faction’s The Talented Mr Ripley is currently in Brighton and touring across the UK in the coming weeks. It’s definitely worth an evening of your time - slick, unsettling, and fiendishly clever theatre that lingers long after the lights go up. I’ll be keeping an eye on whatever this company does next.
There’s something about a Renaissance man with a God complex that just won’t die. Whether he’s summoning devils (Doctor Faustus), murdering kings (Macbeth), or designing a theocracy under the guise of morality (The Handmaid’s Tale’s Commander), you can practically hear the self-belief whirring. The centuries change, the tights become trousers, but the hubris? Eternal.
TV's The (Celeb) Traitors - a masterclass in the need to plan an essay. With no spoilers! There’s something almost indecently satisfying about pulling off a plan. The clean click of cause and effect. The sly grin of inevitability. It’s why The A-Team and every child of the 70s loved it when a plan came together. And why The Traitors, especially last night’s celebrity edition, is the most exquisite piece of clockwork on television.
Sophie Welsh
Oct 9, 20252 min read
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