Fairy tales revisited
April 27, 2015
This blog post was written by first year English and Hispanic student, Sally Hirst from the School of English. Once upon a time, traditional folk stories were passed on by word of mouth, these then transcended to the written word and now, they reside on our television screens, however, they have been much altered from their original storylines …
Feeling Romantic
April 20, 2015
This blog post was written by MA English Literature student, Nicole Jones from the School of English. I have a confession to make. The past few weeks, I’ve come over all Romantic. No, I’ve not been watching Nicholas Sparks films and sending myself flowers. What I have, been doing, is watching documentaries about Wordsworth and nodding enthusiastically …
Exploring Nottingham
April 13, 2015
This blog post was written by second year English student, Una Kunhya from the School of English. Living and studying on a campus obviously has its benefits since everything is in one place. One of my big regrets as a first year, however, was not exploring more of the beautiful city of Nottingham. Now I am frantically …
‘Say Yes to Everything’
April 8, 2015
This blog post was written by third year English and French student, Amelia Smith from the School of English. Before my year abroad, I was advised to say yes to everything, and this was the best advice I could have been given. Agreeing to tutor two children in English, led to their teacher inviting me to give …
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