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North and South: The Eternal Divide
Great Britain is known for its complex class system, convoluted social etiquette and confounding variance of accent…
For All The Girls When They Have Grown: Five Stories of Inspiration for Growing…
Being a teenager can be stressful, emotional, and so so wonderful. As a girl with only seven months left before I’m…
An Inspector Calls: The National Theatre Production
J.B. Priestley’s anti-Capitalist masterpiece: An Inspector Calls. It is the most popular dramatic text currently…
Books to Fall in Love with this Valentine’s Day
Valentine's Day is all about love. But when love is so complex, so intense, so soul-encompassing, how are mere…
Feminism 101
Literature is amazing. You know what else is amazing? Pure, unapologetic feminism. The desire for equality between…
Lana Del Rey vs Lolita
"Light of my life, fire of my loins": the first words of both Nabokov’s masterful novel Lolita and the hook of Lana…
The Suppressed Voice of Literature
When applying to universities, I swayed away from studying English Literature. It wasn’t that I didn’t think the…
The Great Gatsby: The Illusion of Female Liberation
In my reading of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, set in New York in 1922, I was struck by a metaphor that…
Book Tour Review: The Amazing Tour Is Not On Fire // Dan Howell and Phil Lester
Vloggers and YouTubers are taking over the internet, and best friend duo Dan and Phil are now at the very top of…
The Indiependent’s Favourite Authors
Everyone has a favourite author. Whether an avid, lackadaisical or infrequent reader, everyone has that one person…
Literature Lessons: The Best Pieces of Literature to Study
English Literature is a popular subject to take at school level and beyond. In these wonderful lessons, pieces of…
The Five Best Colourful Books
1. The Color Purple // Alice Walker Alice Walker’s most famous novel focuses on the lives of black women in the…
How’d You Solve A Problem Like Lolita?
Vladimir Nabokov’s 1955 novel Lolita chronicles the sexual relationship between a 12 year old girl, Dolores Haze,…
The Essential Summer Reading List
There is an idyllic, Lennon and McCartney-style union when it comes to literature and the summertime. Enjoying a…
The Indiependent’s Favourite Books
Literature is a unique experience, and it is this uniqueness that makes prose such an exciting art form. Books are…