Feb 10What’s in a Myth?It’s very fashionable at the moment to rewrite Greek Myths. Perhaps Margaret Atwood began it with The Penelopiad, her 2005 rewriting of...
Jan 19Recalling ‘The Song of the Mud’For my first blog of 2024 I thought I’d write about poetry for a change. I’ve been thinking a lot about the First World War recently,...
Dec 31, 2023Buried GiantsThe last book I taught in 2023 was The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro. It is my favourite of his novels. My teaching context is gods,...