Mary Bennet’s Hollywood ending: a feminist ending?
Maria Seijo-Richart -
On the 8th March, International Women’s Day, I wish to pay homage to one of my favourite heroines of literature: Mary Bennet from Pride and Prejudice. I discovered Jane Austen…
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Arts and/ or Sciences: how to solve the riddle of the sphinx
Maria Seijo-Richart -
When I was in high school, the Spanish education system required fifteen-year-old students to choose between three options: from then on, they would study Ciencias [Maths and Science subjects], Letras…
Everything I did wrong…
Caroline Magennis -
…while hunting for an academic job. For five years I was employed in a variety of (most welcome) short term contracts, and I interviewed the length and breadth of the…
Cruel Summer
Caroline Magennis -
‘You get the summer off, right? Go on loads of holidays, yeah?’ I imagine you’ve been asked this once or twice, and you’ve rolled your eyes so hard you pulled…
Creative Writing Studies: The Rise of a New Discipline
Geoff Mills -
When I became a student of Creative Writing in 2007 the pedagogue within me broke through. I came into contact with good teacher-writers, but as a teacher myself I was…
The day Ray Bradbury died
Maria Seijo-Richart -
What a difference a day makes? Today is 5th June, 2012. Here you are, at your university, with a gigantic bundle of paper in your arms. You enter the department,…
Fahrenheit 451: The day they destroyed the library
Maria Seijo-Richart -
I have always loved Ray Bradbury. In his novel Fahrenheit 451, set in a dystopian future, a totalitarian government orders all the books to be burned and (ironically) employs firefighters…
“The computer is not working”: being let down by technology
Maria Seijo-Richart -
I have always hated to rely on technology. Maybe it is because I grew up in a place where computers and electric devices never seemed to work properly, and repairs…
Latin lingua viva est: why the Classics are necessary
Maria Seijo-Richart -
I recently read an article on a national newspaper, mocking the suggestion of the Minister of Education that state school pupils should study Latin and Greek. The author (a comedian…
Exploding Grandmothers and Other First Impressions
Geoff Mills -
Today, in the supermarket, I hit a small girl square in the face. I didn’t, of course, but few would read this and fail to read on. It had, I…
