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Praireal already
It's June tomorrow. I'll post something when I've put my green frock on.Floreal went so fast.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Republican_Calendar
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"Cotswold or Malvern, sun or rain, my hills again"
Centre for Writing, History and Placepresents 'F.W. Harvey: A Poet for Today'a talk by Roger Deeks, F.W. Harvey SocietyF.W. Harvey (1888-1957), war poet, friend of and collaborator with Ivor Gurney,...
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An existentialist masterpiece
Had the Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylan made only Uzak [Distant] (2002) his achievement would have been great, even in a country with such a remarkable cinematic history as Turkey. With his 2011...
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The myth of the long academic vacation
Classes ended in April and exams were over by mid-May. Our students rarely see us from April to mid-September and naturally they assume that this is down time for us. But the University's life carries...
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Another reason to read books
Last week I ordered books from ABE and Amazon. They arrived packed carefully in layers of compostible cardboard. One book was wrapped in a Budweiser 12-pack box. The cardboard has now entered the...
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The Word in the world
Last year English speakers across the world marked the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible. William Tyndale of Gloucestershire's translation is one of the greatest works of English literature....
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Alfred Tennyson in Cheltenham
Most people associate Alfred Tennyson with Lincolnshire, with good reason. The sights and sounds of the North Sea coast at Mablethorpe haunt his poetry - 'Break, break, break/On thy cold grey stones, O...
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I'm glad to tell you that the reading list for the first year (level 4) modules is now up on the Facebook Humanities Applicants Group. If you are not a member, do please request to join. Here is the...
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Welcome, and welcome back
Voices are returning to Francis Close Hall. The Virginia creeper has turned red. An autumn of reading, learning, hard work and delight is upon us. We love September, the best month of the year. See you...
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Two passings
This week we read the sad news that the feminist writer Shulamith Firestone had died. Her work is little read now, a neglect that ought to be rectified. Her book The Dialectics of Sex: the Case for...
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Our students investigate Cheltenham's cultural delights
Induction week is over. We combine work and play as best we can, and try to get to know each other a little before classes begin. English Literature students and tutors enjoyed a visit to Cheltenham's...
View ArticleThe Odyssey at the Parabola Arts Centre, Cheltenham
Can Homer's epic poem The Odyssey be performed? In 70 minutes? Find out at the Parabola Arts Centre, Cheltenham, this week. October 3 - 5 at...
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Robert Macfarlane delivers the Laurie Lee Memorial Lecture at the Cheltenham...
As usual, students and staff are enjoying a fortnight of all things literary, cultural and book-obsessed at the Cheltenham Festival of Literature. Yesterday something really special took place. Robert...
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Victorian Spiritualities
Many scholars are working across disciplines as well as in their own. The Centre for Bible and Spirituality runs a seminar series each year that brings together theologians, litearture specialists and...
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All the world's a stage
Cheltenham is a great town for lovers of the dramatic arts. The School of Humanities has long-standing partnerships with local theatres. Dr Rebecca Bailey, Senior Lecture in English Literature, and her...
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Should your Humanities degree make you 'employable'?
Just before the Christmas break, research students and staff from the School of Humanities staged a debate on a subject exercising everyone in the HE sector: employability. Rowan Middleton, a...
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George Orwell Day
Placa de George Orwell, Barcelona. Photo: H. Weeks President Obama's second inauguration may have pushed the first annual George Orwell Day out of the headlines, but both occasions are remarkable...
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Ivor Gurney, poet of the Severn and the Somme
The Gloucestershire poet Ivor Gurney (1890-1937) was also a composer. This week, one of his hitherto unknown sonatas was released from the Gloucestershire Archives for the first time. Gurney wrote the...
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'Love and Romance in the Song of Songs, the Bible's Only Romance Poem
The Severn Forum presents‘Love and Romance in the Song of Songs, the Bible’s only love poem’ Cheryl Exum, Professor Emerita of Biblical Studies, University of Sheffield, and Director of Sheffield...
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