“A Mirror Up To Nature”: Hamlet (2009)
Generally positive thoughts on the 2009 film adaption of Hamlet starring David Tennant and Patrick Stewart. … More “A Mirror Up To Nature”: Hamlet (2009)
I hold a Doctorate in Renaissance Literature, specialising in the seventeenth-century poet Andrew Marvell. I am currently a Digital Manager at University College London.
Generally positive thoughts on the 2009 film adaption of Hamlet starring David Tennant and Patrick Stewart. … More “A Mirror Up To Nature”: Hamlet (2009)
Marking the ten-year anniversary of a nasty incident that shaped much of the subsequent decade. … More Circles
There are times when taking nothing seriously is a perfect remedy, and there are many kinds of humour to be found in English Civil War literature. … More Body Schema
J.W. Saunders’ study ‘The Stigma of Print’ (1951) touched an important nerve on the subject of publication. Despite claims that this stance had became ‘unfashionable’ by the mid-seventeenth century, few demonstrate such a ‘stigma’ more than Andrew Marvell. … More Marvell’s Stigma of Print
An introduction to the virtual reality gameshow, Knightmare, through one of its most puzzling challenges. … More Knightmare
A book I recently reviewed on royalism states the argument that ‘Defeat, like familiarity, obviously breeds contempt’. I can’t help wondering how much this applies to me now I’ve left my academic post. … More Farewell Frost, (or Waking the Dead)
Has choirmaster Gareth Malone’s work in schools broken down some of the rigid stereotypes surrounding music? Something I contemplated as a attended a concert by the boys’ choir, Libera. … More Crackpot Culture (Gareth Malone, The Choir, and Libera)
The smallest of margins can have the most decisive impact. Ask Alex Bogdanovic.
The academic climbs of the past few months have been outstanding. Yet this seems permanently overshadowed by problems in Switzerland. … More Way Out
There is finally some space to breathe. After several weeks of teaching lengthy texts in The Grand Remonstrance, Areopagitica, The Kings Cabinet Opened, we have two weeks’ respite with poetry. It’s good timing.