Dr Jennifer Bavidge has been awarded a Pilkington Prize for teaching and her oversight of the development of English and Creative Writing as a specialism within the Institute of Continuing Education. Congratulations, Dr Bavidge!
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Drs Boddy and Hrebeniak on Radio 4
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.
Continue ReadingDr Burlinson in BBC News Magazine: Tesco and a strange bit of poetry
Dr Christopher 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 from the Evening Standard’s piece on the same topic: It gets verse and worse as Tesco horses around with poetry. […]
Continue ReadingThe Old Ways Short-Listed for Prize
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. Read more at the Guardian.
Continue ReadingDr Robert Macfarlane’s new book The Old Ways published
Dr Macfarlane’s new book, The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot, is published this week. It has been widely reviewed, including here for The Telegraph. 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 […]
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See details of the new MPhil in English Studies: Modern and Contemporary Literature.
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