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. […]
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Mary Jacobus Awarded CBE
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!
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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