Hamlet: Tragic, Funny and Devastatingly Human

This was a production that, although mildly weak in some areas, gave us an overwhelming reminder of why Hamlet is one of the most widely reproduced of all Shakespeare’s plays – it is tragic, funny, and above all, devastatingly human.

Rainbow Magic – my favourite book series as a child that shaped my view of nature

Janet Cheng reviews how her favourite childhood book series shaped her view of nature.

The American Cowboy

Reading in the time of coronavirus

Distractions

Peninsula: For those who feel lost

Le slam-poésie: the rise of slam poetry in France

Two Christmas reads

Falling in Love with Jane Austen’s ‘Pride and Prejudice’

Feeling for the Falling Protagonist – The Sorrows of Young Werther