The Faculty of English will be holding their open days on Thursday 4 July and Friday 5 July. For further information and to apply please go to – http://www.study.cam.ac.uk/undergraduate/events/opendays/cambridge/  

Dr Kasia Boddy and Dr Michael Hrebeniak will appear on “I Wandered Lonely as a Cat: Poetry and Jazz” on BBC Radio 4 tomorrow (14 March 2013) at 11.30. You can Listen Again at the link above.  

Dr Chris Burlinson was interviewed for the BBC News Magazine’s article about Tesco’s ‘poetic’ double-page ads following the recent reports of adulterated foods in the supermarket’s range of products. Tesco and a strange bit of Poetry and for a slightly earlier piece on the same topic: It gets verse and worse as Tesco horses around [...]

At the National Portrait Gallery from 26 January – 22 September 2013, Room 32 Admission is free. “This display explores the creation of Patrick Heron’s portrait of T.S. Eliot, one of the Gallery’s most celebrated modernist paintings.”

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-20727568

Dr Robert Macfarlane’s recent book, The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot is one of six that have been short-listed for the Samuel Johnson Prize for non-fiction.  Congratulations, Dr Macfarlane, and good luck! http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/oct/05/six-magisterial-shortlist-samuel-johnson-prize      

Professor Mary Jacobus, Professor of English and former Director of CRASSH, has been awarded a CBE for services to literary scholarship in the 2012 Queen’s Birthday Honours. Our heartfelt congratulations to Professor Jacobus!

Dr Macfarlane’s new book, The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot, is published this week. It has been widely reviewed, including here: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/bookreviews/9287737/The-Old-Ways-A-Journey-on-Foot-by-Robert-Macfarlane-review.html The Observer also ran a profile piece, in which Rachel Cooke met up with him for a walk and a talk about The Old Ways as well as the two other earlier [...]

Four online study skills resources for first year students have been created for the English Faculty by the Transkills Project. They address various aspects of essay writing and include:   Title URL How might I interpret an essay title? http://skills.caret.cam.ac.uk/English/title How do I produce a well-structured essay? http://skills.caret.cam.ac.uk/English/structure How do I manage the process of [...]

Check out the New MPhil in English Studies: Modern and Contemporary Literature.