Steven Matthews is professor of English Literature, University of Reading. His latest book of poetry, On Magnetism, was launched this week. It features poems about loss and remembrance, about the relation…Read More >
English Literature
Jane Austen on money: How new face of £10 note should be remembered
By Dr Rebecca Bullard, Department of English Literature, University Reading Jane Austen would, I think, have been delighted to feature on the new £10 note. Many of her novels are…Read More >
‘Shakespeare and us’ – University professor to give prestigious Sam Wanamaker Fellowship Lecture at the Globe theatre
By Professor Grace Ioppolo, English Literature professor at the University of Reading, and 2017 Sam Wanamaker Fellow at Shakespeare’s Globe Although the Sam Wanamaker Fellowship Lecture was scheduled several months…Read More >
Books are not absolutely dead things…
Dr Rebecca Bullard from the Department of English Literature asks whether the digital revolution means we no longer have a need for old books? In an attack on the censorship…Read More >