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Volume 34, Number 2, November 2023

Poster: The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams Nicola Onyett Print out this issue's centre pages and display in class. A-level

Practice exam question: Orsino in Twelfth Night Cathy O'Neill Guidance for the question on p. 5 of the magazine. A-level

Practice exam question: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner Luke McBratney Guidance for the question on p. 30 of the magazine. A-level

Practice exam question: 'Out, out—': Tragic poem or tragedy? Luke McBratney Guidance for the question on p. 36 of the magazine. A-level

Volume 34, Update, October 2023

Under the influence Luke McBratney Luke McBratney considers the ways in which the literature that we read at present is shaped by the literature of the past A-level

Volume 34, Number 1, September 2023

Poster: Skirrid Hill by Owen Sheers Luke McBratney Print out this issue's centre pages and display in class. A-level

Practice exam question: Fertility and feminism Luke McBratney Guidance for the question on p. 5 of the magazine. A-level

Practice exam question: Places and displacement in Mean Time Cathy O'Neill Guidance for the question on p. 15 of the magazine. A-level

Practice exam question: Revisiting the literary past in Atonement Luke McBratney Guidance for the question on p. 19 of the magazine. A-level

Volume 33, Number 4, April 2023

Poster: The Grapes of Wrath Andrew Ward Print out this issue's centre pages and display in class. A-level

Practice exam question: Painting the lion: Female characters and their stories Luke McBratney Guidance for the question on p. 5 of the magazine. A-level

Practice exam question: Codes and communication: The Go-Between and Atonement Cathy O'Neill Guidance for the question on p. 9 of the magazine. A-level

Practice exam question: Navigating travel writing Mark Payton Guidance for the question on p. 28 of the magazine. A-level

Volume 33, Number 3, February 2023

Poster: Educating Rita Clare Middleton Print out this issue's centre pages and display in class. A-level

Practice exam question: The Great Gatsby and The Age of Innocence Luke McBratney Guidance for the question on p. 7 of the magazine. A-level

Practice exam answer: Writing about a core set text Cathy O'Neill Guidance for the question on p. 10 of the magazine A-level

Practice exam answer: Marxist criticism: Othello Luke McBratney Guidance for the question on p.13 of the magazine. A-level

Volume 33, Update, December 2022

Volume 33, Update, December 2022 Luke McBratney Luke McBratney considers the titles given to books A-level

Volume 33, Number 2, November 2022

Poster: Songs of Innocence and of Experience Cathy O'Neill Print out this issue's centre pages and display in class. A-level

Practice exam question: Laura Mulvey and the male gaze Cathy O'Neill Guidance for the question on p. 8 of the magazine. A-level

Practice exam question: The Great Gatsby: all that jazz Luke McBratney Guidance for the question on p. 11 of the magazine. A-level

Practice exam question: Loathing and longing at Alloway Kirk Luke McBratney Guidance for the question on p. 28 of the magazine. A-level

Volume 33, Update, October 2021

Volume 32, Update, October 2022 Luke McBratney Luke McBratney looks at the value of studying English literature A-level

Volume 33, Number 1, September 2022

Poster: Dracula by Bram Stoker Fiona Snailham Print out this issue's centre pages and display in class. A-level

Practice exam question: Dystopian realities Cathy O'Neill Guidance for the question on p. 9 of the magazine. A-level

Practice exam question: Myths and reality in exams Luke McBratney Guidance for the question on p. 39 of the magazine. A-level

Volume 32, Number 4, April 2022

Practice exam question: Race and gender in Othello Cathy O’Neill Guidance for the question on p. 5 of the magazine. A-level

Practice exam question: Classic texts, new approaches Luke McBratney Guidance for the question on p. 15 of the magazine. A-level

Practice exam question: Larkin’s ‘Sunny Prestatyn’ Luke McBratney Guidance for the question on p. 40 of the magazine. A-level

Poster: The works of Tennessee Williams Cicely Havely Print out this issue's centre pages and display in class. A-level

Volume 32, Number 3, February 2022

Practice exam question: Promoting utopia Luke McBratney Guidance for the question on p. 15 of the magazine. A-level

Practice exam question: Feminist forms in Top Girls Luke McBratney Guidance for the question on p. 24 of the magazine. A-level

Practice exam question: Educating Jane Eyre Cathy O’Neill Guidance for the question on p. 30 of the magazine. A-level

Poster: All My Sons by Arthur Miller Andrew Ward Print out this issue's centre pages and display in class. A-level

Volume 32, Update, December 2021

Update: Prepare to succeed Luke McBratney Luke McBratney says it's time to start revising A-level

Volume 32, Number 2, November 2021

Practice exam question: Staging Ophelia Luke McBratney Guidance for the question on p. 5 of the magazine. A-level

Poster: Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell Sarah McLoughlin Print out this issue's centre pages and display in class A-level

Practice exam question: Frankly my dear… Luke McBratney Guidance for the question on p. 9 of the magazine. A-level

Practice exam question: The Handmaid's Tale Cathy O’Neill Guidance for the question on p. 15 of the magazine. A-level

Volume 32, Update, October 2021

Update: Cancelled Shakespeare Luke McBratney Luke McBratney takes a broad view of the censorship, control and ‘cancelling’ of literature A-level

Volume 32, Number 1, September 2021

Practice exam question: Jealousy in Othello Cathy O’Neill Guidance for the exam question on p. 5 of the magazine. A-level

Practice exam question: Romantic relationships in comic poems Luke McBratney Guidance for the question on p. 8 of the magazine. A-level

Practice exam question: New York, new man? Luke McBratney Guidance for the question on p. 25 of the magazine. A-level

Poster: The works of Coleridge Cicely Havely Print out this issue's centre pages and display in class A-level

Volume 31, Number 4, April 2021

Practice exam answer: ‘Residents from raw estates’: Larkin and working-class spaces Luke McBratney Guidance for the answer on p. 25 of the magazine. A-level

Practice exam question: The dark side of love: poetry in the AQA anthology Luke McBratney Guidance for the question on p. 28 of the magazine. A-level

Practice exam question: Rage in King Lear Cathy O’Neill Guidance for the question on p. 35 of the magazine. A-level

Poster: The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold Clare Middleton Print out this issue's centre pages and display in class A-level

Volume 31, Number 3, February 2021

Practice exam question: Gender debates in Twelfth Night Cathy O'Neill Guidance for the question on p. 8 of the magazine. A-level

Practice exam question: Privet lives in Spies Luke McBratney Guidance for the question on p. 19 of the magazine. A-level

Practice exam question: Dracula's 'final girl' Luke McBratney Guidance for the question on p. 41 of the magazine. A-level

Poster: Seamus Heaney in context Luke McBratney New selected poems 1966-1987 A-level

Volume 31, Update, December 2020

Update: Is there a writer in the room? Luke McBratney Are writers born or made? A-level

Volume 31, Number 2, November 2020

Poster: Agatha Christie in context Nicola Onyett The Mysterious Affair at Styles A-level

Practice exam question: Shakespeare's flexible time schemes Luke McBratney Guidance for the question on p. 5 of the magazine A-level

Practice exam question: Stanzas Cathy O'Neill Guidance for the question on p. 18 of the magazine A-level

Practice exam question: The state we're in Luke McBratney Guidance for the question on p. 25 of the magazine A-level

Volume 31, Update, October 2020

Update: Plagues and pandemics Luke McBratney Surveying relevant writings during the COVID-19 pandemic A-level

Volume 31, Number 1, September 2020

Poster: Hamlet in context Cathy O'Neill Print out this issue's centre pages and display in class A-level

Practice exam question: Chasing the American Dream Luke McBratney Guidance for the question on p. 5 of the magazine A-level

Practice exam question: Shortcuts to dystopia Luke McBratney Guidance for the question on p. 13 of the magazine A-level

Practice exam question: Southern belles Cathy O'Neill Guidance for the question on p. 41 of the magazine A-level

Volume 30, Number 4, April 2020

Poster: The Importance of Being Earnest in context Clare Middleton Print out this issue's centre pages and display in class A-level

Practice exam question: Janine in The Handmaid's Tale Luke McBratney Guidance for the question on p. 9 of the magazine A-level

Practice exam question: Time and love Cathy O'Neill Guidance for the question on p. 12 of the magazine A-level

Practice exam question: The Monk and the Gothic Luke McBratney Guidance for the question on p. 19 of the magazine A-level

Volume 30, Number 3, February 2020

Poster: Private Lives in context Sara Jan Print out this issue's centre pages and display in class A-level

Practice exam question: Shakespeare's dramatic methods Cathy O'Neill Guidance for the question on p. 13 of the magazine A-level

Practice exam question: The ordinary is made extraordinary Luke McBratney Guidance for the question on p. 19 of the magazine A-level

Practice exam question: Love's ambiguities Luke McBratney Guidance for the question on p. 25 of the magazine A-level

Volume 30, Update, December 2019

Update: Seasons readings Luke McBratney Luke McBratney offers suggestions on what to read and how, this holiday season A-level

Volume 30, Number 2, November 2019

Poster: Ken Kesey in context Nicola Onyett Print out this issue's centre pages and display in class AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA, SQA

Practice exam question: The Wife of Bath Luke McBratney Guidance for the question on p. 28 of the magazine Edexcel

Practice exam question: Feminine Gospels Luke McBratney Guidance for the question on p. 31 of the magazine AQA

Practice exam question: Unseen texts Luke McBratney Guidance for the question on p. 39 of the magazine AQA

Volume 30, Update, October 2019

Update: Representations of disability Cicely Palser Havely Explore some of the ways in which popular literature has helped to enforce negative attitudes AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA, SQA

Volume 30, Number 1, September 2019

Poster: Translations in context Luke McBratney Print out this issue's centre pages and display in class AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA, SQA

Practice exam question: Gothic literature Luke McBratney Guidance for the question on p. 9 of the magazine AQA

Practice exam question: Translations Luke McBratney Guidance for the question on p. 21 of the magazine AQA, CCEA

Practice exam question: Modernist poets Cathy O'Neill Guidance for the question on p. 34 of the magazine Edexcel

Volume 29, Number 4, April 2019

Poster: Dr Faustus in context Cathy O'Neill Print out this issue's centre pages and display in class AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA, SQA

Practice exam question: Poetic imagery and language Luke McBratney Guidance for the questions on p. 27 of the magazine AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA, SQA

Practice exam question: Rossetti and sexuality Cathy O'Neill Guidance for the question on p. 35 of the magazine AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA, SQA

Practice exam question: Women in Othello Luke McBratney Guidance for the question on p. 40 of the magazine AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA, SQA

Volume 29, Update, March 2019

Update: All is not so true… Cicely Palser Havely Bonus article on the latest film about Shakespeare's life AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA, SQA

Volume 29, Number 3, February 2019

Poster: Tess of the D'Urbervilles in context Clare Middleton Print out this issue's centre pages and display in class AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA, SQA

Practice exam question: First World War and its aftermath Luke McBratney Guidance for the question on p. 11 of the magazine AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA, SQA

Practice exam question: Hard Times Cathy O'Neill Guidance for the question on p. 19 of the magazine AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA, SQA

Practice exam question: Larkin and Duffy Luke McBratney Guidance for the question on p. 35 of the magazine AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA, SQA

Volume 29, Update, December 2018

Update: Christmas letters Luke McBratney Bonus article on how collections of authors' letters can affect perspectives on their work AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA, SQA

Volume 29, Number 2, November 2018

Poster: Our Country's Good in context Sara Jan Print out this issue's centre pages and display in class AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA, SQA

Practice exam question: Writing about a core set text Luke McBratney Guidance for the question on p. 3 of the magazine AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA, SQA

Practice exam question: Comparing texts Luke McBratney Guidance for the question on p. 14 of the magazine AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA, SQA

Practice exam question: Gender in Twelfth Night Luke McBratney Sample answer for the question on p. 17 of the magazine AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA, SQA

Volume 29, Update, October 2018

Update: Are books too long? Luke McBratney Bonus article examining the merits of long (or short) texts AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA, SQA

Volume 29, Number 1, September 2018

Poster: Ariel in context Nicola Onyett Print out this issue's centre pages and display in class AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA, SQA

Practice exam question: The Gothic Luke McBratney Guidance for the questions on p. 11 of the magazine AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA, SQA

Practice exam questions: Love, punishment and poetry Luke McBratney Sample answers for the questions on p. 15 of the magazine AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA, SQA

Volume 28, Number 4, April 2018

Poster: History Boys in context Clare Middleton Print out this issue's centre pages and display in class AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA, SQA

Lesson plan: Staging Top Girls Luke McBratney How Churchill’s dramatic devices shape meaning and themes AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA, SQA

Teaching notes: Analysing Chaucer's metre Jenni Nuttall Notes for the article on pp. 9-11 AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA, SQA

Podcast: Thomas Hardy Angelique Richardson Class and gender politics in Hardy's work AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA, SQA

Update: Offensive literature? Cicely Palser Havely Bonus article on how you should respond to offensive literature AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA, SQA

Volume 28, Number 3, February 2018

Poster: Julius Caesar in context Cathy O'Neill Print out this issue's centre pages and display in class AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA, SQA

Lesson plan: Monstrous warnings Luke McBratney Using the magazine to explore depictions of monsters AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA, SQA

Teaching notes: Researching for NEAs Leif Jerram Helping students get started on non-exam assessments AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA, SQA

Podcast: Genre-based authorial methods Luke McBratney Why writing about genre is your passport to the highest grade AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA, SQA

Update: 350 years of Jonathan Swift Luke McBratney Bonus article on the great satirist AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA, SQA

Volume 28, Number 2, November 2017

Poster: Atonement in context Clare Middleton Print out this issue's centre pages and display in class AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA

Question and answer: Atonement Clare Middleton A teacher's experience of teaching a popular set text AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA

Podcast: Writing the enemy Cicely Palser Havely Representing the Germans in First World War literature AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA

Teaching notes: Dystopian fiction Luke McBratney Approaches to studying dystopian fiction AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA

Update: Dystopian fiction Luke McBratney Bonus article on the rise of dystopian fiction AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA

Volume 28, Number 1, September 2017

Poster: A Room with a View in context Nicola Onyett Print out this issue's centre pages and display in class AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA

Lesson plan: Analysing First World War prose Luke McBratney Using the article on pp. 10-13 of the magazine AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA

Podcast: What's in a name? Luke McBratney Using a text's title to enrich your analysis AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA

Teaching notes: Love poetry in context Luke McBratney Pitfalls to avoid when analysing poetic contexts AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA

Volume 27, Number 4, April 2017

Poster: Texts in context Cicely Palser Havely Print out this issue's centre pages and display in class AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA, SQA

Lesson plan: Representations of the American South Nicola Onyett Using the article on pp. 22-25 of the magazine AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA, SQA

Teaching notes: Love songs through the ages Luke McBratney Extending the article on pp. 12–15 of the magazine AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA, SQA

Podcast: Satire Luke McBratney Analysing satire from classical times to present day AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA, SQA

e-review: The rules of writing Luke McBratney What are the features that define successful storytelling? AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA, SQA

Volume 27, Number 3, February 2017

Poster: Donne in context Cathy O'Neill Print out this issue's centre pages and display in class AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA, SQA

Teaching notes: Donne in context Luke McBratney Extending the poster AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA, SQA

Lesson plan: Social connections in The Go-Between Luke McBratney Using the article on pp. 6-9 of the magazine AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA, SQA

Podcast: Form in poetry Luke McBratney How to consider form when analysing poetry in exams AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA, SQA

e-review: Literary tourism Luke McBratney Exploring the places that inspired the writers you study AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA, SQA

e-review: Poetry vs popular songs Luke McBratney Analysing the implications of Bob Dylan's Nobel prize win AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA, SQA

Volume 27, Number 2, November 2016

Poster: Contextualising The Bloody Chamber Cathy O'Neill Print out this issue's centre pages and display in class AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA, SQA

Lesson plan: Literary allusions Luke McBratney Making use of the article on pp. 36-38 of the magazine AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA, SQA

Teaching notes: Frankenstein Luke McBratney Using the article on pp. 6-7 of the magazine AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA, SQA

Podcast: Gothic revivals Luke McBratney Exploring the development of the Gothic genre AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA, SQA

Volume 27, Number 1, September 2016

Poster: Chaucer in context Cathy O'Neill Print out this issue's centre pages and display in class AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA, SQA

Lesson plan: Characterisation and narrative Luke McBratney Using the article on pp. 12-15 of the magazine and evaluating critical views AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA, SQA

Teaching notes: Studying and revising Larkin Luke McBratney Extending the article on pp. 22-25 of the magazine AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA, SQA

Podcast: Is Shakespeare a timeless author? Luke McBratney Applying critical viewpoints to Measure for Measure and The Taming of the Shrew AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA, SQA

Volume 26, Number 4, April 2016

Poster: Small Island in context Clare Middleton Print out this issue's centre pages and display in class AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA

Podcast: The impact of the Somme Luke McBratney Analysing literary responses AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA

Lesson plan: Grammar, linguistics and unseen texts Luke McBratney Using the column on pp. 40–41 of the magazine? AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA

Teaching notes: Victorian literature in context Luke McBratney Exploring social class and religious contexts AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA

e-review: Controversial commemorations? Luke McBratney Examining other incidents linked to 1916 AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA

Volume 26, Number 3, February 2016

Poster: The Duchess of Malfi in context Cathy O'Neill Print out this issue's centre pages and display in class AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA

Podcast: Considering clothing Luke McBratney How clothes can expand your interpretations of set texts AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA

Lesson plan: Naming in North and South Luke McBratney Helping you make use of the article on pp. 22-25 AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA

Teaching notes: Demystifying the mystery plays Jenni Nuttall Developing the ideas in the article on pp. 17-19 AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA

e-review: Is there a film version? Luke McBratney How adaptations can add new perspectives to your set texts AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA

e-review: Brian Friel (1929-2015) Luke McBratney Remembering a great playwright AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA

Volume 26, Number 2, November 2015

Poster: Texts in context Nicola Onyett Print out this issue's poster on The Handmaid's Tale AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA

Lesson plan: Tess of the d’Urbervilles Luke McBratney Plan a lesson around Laura Burden's analysis of Alec and Angel AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA

Teaching notes: Contexts in The Handmaid's Tale Luke McBratney Exploring satire, postmodernism and science fiction AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA

Teaching notes: Gender roles in Twelfth Night John Sentance-Davis Using Sophie Duncan's article to help you explore gender and performance AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA

Volume 26, Number 1, September 2015

Podcast: Coping with context Luke McBratney Dos and don'ts when approaching your key texts AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA

Poster: Texts in context Nicola Onyett Print out this issue's centre pages and display in class AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA

Teaching notes: North and South in context Luke McBratney Revision questions and notes to help you make use of this issue's poster AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA

Teaching notes: First World War poets John Sentance-Davis Revision questions and further reading on Wilfred Owen and Rupert Brooke AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA

Volume 25, Number 4, April 2015

Podcast: Gothic women Luke McBratney Were women in Gothic literature merely passive victims, or subversive and powerful? AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA

Poster: Compare and contrast - Texts from different genres: Porphyria's Lover and Oliver Twist compared AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA, IB

Teaching notes: Exploring Jane Eyre John Sentance-Davis Links and activities to help you make the most of the text AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA

Teaching notes: The shrew's final word Luke McBratney Interpreting the 'submission speech' in The Taming of the Shrew AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA

Volume 25, e-review, March 2015

Using quotations in your exams: dos and don'ts Luke McBratney Tips for choosing and using quotations AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA

e-review archive Luke McBratney and Cicely Palser Havely Get all the previous between-issue articles AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA

Volume 25, Number 3, February 2015

Podcast: Comparing two poems Luke McBratney More tips to help you get top marks on comparison questions AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA

Poster: Compare and contrast Cicely Palser Havely and Cathy O'Neill Print out this issue's centre pages to display in class AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA

Teaching notes: Essay-writing skills Luke McBratney Improve your exam essays AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA

Teaching notes: Landscape and setting John Sentance-Davis Considering landscape in Pride and Prejudice AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA

The English Review guide to the new A-level specifications English Review magazine Whether you're teaching AQA, OCR, Edexcel or WJEC this guide from The English Review magazine will guide you through the linear A-level specifications AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC

Young Romantics writing prize

Young Romantics writing prize Keats–Shelley Memorial Association Love writing? Love the Romantics? A new prize for poems, short stories and essays -

Young Romantics entry form Keats–Shelley Memorial Association Entry form for poems, short stories and essays -

Volume 25, e-review, December 2014

Rewriting Austen: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies Luke McBratney Why does Jane Austen have such enduring appeal? AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA

e-review archive Luke McBratney and Cicely Palser Havely Get all the previous between-issue articles AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA

Volume 25, Number 2, November 2014

Compare and contrast: The Rape of the Lock and The Great Gatsby Cicely Palser Havely and Cathy O'Neill Print this issue's centre pages as a poster to display in class AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA

Podcast: Violence in Shakespeare's theatre Pete Bunten Analysis of Shakespeare's plays in the context of a violent society AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA

Teaching notes: North and South Nicola Onyett Looking at the Romance genre and attitutes to female writers AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA

Teaching notes: The Picture of Dorian Gray Luke McBratney Exploring Wilde's flawed masterpiece AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA

Extension: Compare and contrast Cicely Palser Havely and Cathy O'Neill Help with the vocabulary of The Rape of the Lock AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA

Volume 25, e-review, October 2014

Female Hamlets Cicely Palser Havely Women playing men in Jacobean theatre AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA

e-review archive Luke McBratney and Cicely Palser Havely Get all the previous between-issue articles AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA

Volume 25, Number 1, September 2014

Compare and contrast: Persuasion and Hardy's poems The English Review A printable poster of this issue's centrespread AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA

Podcast: Innovation in crime fiction Nicola Onyett Innovating and surprising in the crime genre AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA

Teaching notes: Characters and caricatures Pete Bunten Notes and tasks you can apply to your plays AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA

Teaching notes: Journey's End Luke McBratney Notes and resources to help you tackle the First World War AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA

Volume 24, Number 4, April 2014

Podcast: Rejoyce in Dubliners Luke McBratney Use this podcast to help you trace connections across Dubliners and appreciate the subtleties of Joyce’s prose AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA

Teaching notes: Rhyme or reason Luke McBratney Enrich your poetry reading by exploring rhyme and other aural effects AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA

Teaching notes: Jerusalem: modernity and tradition Pete Bunten Viewing a play through the generic lens of comedy AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA

Extension: Only connect Sarah Poynting and Clare Middleton Additional notes on the key satirical texts mentioned on pp. 20–21 of the magazine AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA

Poster: Only connect Sarah Poynting and Clare Middleton Print out and display this issue's centre spread to expand your knowledge of satirical literature AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA

Volume 24, Number 3, February 2014

Podcast: Aspects of dramatic comedy Pete Bunten Advice and approaches to help you explore dramatic comedy AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA

Teaching notes: Gatsby revisited Luke McBratney Helping you make the most of the article on pp. 32–34 of the magazine AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA

Teaching notes: Look who's talking Luke McBratney Helping you understand free indirect discourse — the grey area between first and third person AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA

Extension: Only connect Sarah Poynting and Clare Middleton Trace the development of pastoral literature across the centuries AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA

Poster: Only connect Sarah Poynting and Clare Middleton Printable PDF you can use to expand your knowledge of pastoral literature AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA

Volume 24, Number 2, November 2013

Podcast: Wider reading Luke McBratney Why is wider reading important and how should you use it? AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA

Teaching notes: Viewing The Great Gatsby Luke McBratney These notes will help you identify how different contexts and critical views can shape your reading of the text AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA

Teaching notes: Gothic: radical or conservative? Pete Bunten Explore the ideas behind Tony Cavender's article and learn how to apply them AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA

Extension: Only connect Sarah Poynting and Clare Middleton Further information on The Castle of Otranto's sources and descendants AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA

Poster: Only connect Sarah Poynting and Clare Middleton Print out this issue's centre spread to display in class AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA

Volume 24, Number 1, September 2013

Podcast: Terminology and concepts Luke McBratney This podcast will help you master the terminology and concepts needed to gain top marks in your exams AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA

Revision: Terminology and concepts Luke McBratney This PowerPoint will help you articulate your responses to key texts AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA

Teaching notes: Pride and Prejudice Luke McBratney These notes show you how to examine the contexts of this key text AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA

Teaching notes: The Wife of Bath Luke McBratney Using Chaucer's character to explore satire AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA

Podcasts: Context, vocabulary and satire Luke McBratney Links to University of Oxford podcasts on key specification topics AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA

Poster: Only connect Sarah Poynting and Clare Middleton Display this issue's 'Only connect' in class or at home to aid revision AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA

Extension: Only connect Sarah Poynting and Clare Middleton Further links between your texts and T. S. Eliot's works AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA

Volume 23, Number 4, April 2013

Teaching notes: The voice of the Wife of Bath Luke McBratney Use these notes to help you study the speech of The Canterbury Tales AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA

Extension: Only connect Sarah Poynting and Clare Middleton See how A Midsummer Night's Dream has further inspired the texts in this issue's ‘Only connect’ AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA

Poster: Only connect Sarah Poynting and Clare Middleton Print out this issue's 'Only connect' to display in class or use for revision AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA

Revision: The stanza Luke McBratney This PowerPoint accompanies the podcast and will help you revise shorter stanza forms AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA

Teaching notes: Opinions on Tennyson Luke McBratney Prissy 'School-Miss Alfred' or Romantic visionary? Controversial questions you could be asked AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA

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