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"Light of my life, fire of my loins": the first words of both Nabokov’s masterful novel Lolita and the hook of Lana…

When applying to universities, I swayed away from studying English Literature. It wasn’t that I didn’t think the…

In my reading of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, set in New York in 1922, I was struck by a metaphor that…

Vloggers and YouTubers are taking over the internet, and best friend duo Dan and Phil are now at the very top of…

Everyone has a favourite author. Whether an avid, lackadaisical or infrequent reader, everyone has that one person…

English Literature is a popular subject to take at school level and beyond. In these wonderful lessons, pieces of…

1. The Color Purple // Alice Walker Alice Walker’s most famous novel focuses on the lives of black women in the…

Vladimir Nabokov’s 1955 novel Lolita chronicles the sexual relationship between a 12 year old girl, Dolores Haze,…

There is an idyllic, Lennon and McCartney-style union when it comes to literature and the summertime. Enjoying a…

Literature is a unique experience, and it is this uniqueness that makes prose such an exciting art form. Books are…

Last Friday, the top floor of Waterstones Leeds was transformed from silent bookshop to a welcoming, friendly…

After a long battle with Alzheimer’s, the life of internationally renowned author and OBE recipient Sir Terry…

As long as love has been around, which I'm guessing is a pretty long time, the ability to write love stories has…

Lou Reed has always been something of a fascination and an enigma. It would appear that the basis of Lou’s often…

Literature has the power to transport you to different times, places and worlds. But when was the last time you…