Wednesday Apr 4th, 2012

The Dickensian mega-musical

The connections between the Dickensian musical and the mega-musical run deep given the centrality of Oliver! to the emergence of the postwar British musical.
Monday Apr 2nd, 2012

When Father was away… The Railway Children

An excerpt from E. Nesbit’s classic story
Monday Apr 2nd, 2012

An introduction to classic children’s literature

The Secret Garden, The Wind in the Willows, and The Secret Garden
Tuesday Mar 27th, 2012

Apollo’s Lyre

Happy World Theatre Day! Read an excerpt from The Phantom of the Opera.
Wednesday
Mar 21st, 2012

A Keatsian Field Trip

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Friday
Mar 9th, 2012

Rural culture in Victorian England

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Thursday
Mar 8th, 2012

Story time with the Brothers Grimm… Part Two

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Wednesday
Mar 7th, 2012

Story time with the Brothers Grimm… Part One

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Thursday
Mar 1st, 2012

A history of the book

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Wednesday
Feb 29th, 2012

David Gascoyne and the missing portrait

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Monday
Feb 27th, 2012

Why Memoir Matters

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Wednesday
Feb 22nd, 2012

Once upon a life story…

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Friday
Feb 17th, 2012

Antiquity and newfangleness

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Monday
Feb 13th, 2012

(Homo)sexuality in Shakespeare’s Sonnets

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Friday
Feb 10th, 2012

Charles Dickens and garbage

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