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.
Confidence comes from a trust in your own thinking. Not memorising a pre-packaged essay and praying that the question behaves itself; not adding context at the end of a paragraph like an anxious Victorian chaperone; not sprinkling in the word ‘liminal’ and hoping sophistication will occur. Confidence comes from trust. Some students went into the exam hall this year not just with revision behind them, but with confidence, clarity and the beginnings of a lifelong desire to r
Yes, World Book Day is upon us once again: that annual festival of hurriedly Amazon-Primed costumes and polyester-fuelled meltdowns.
Sophie Welsh
Mar 6, 20252 min read
Theresa, Abu Dhabi
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