This is a blog about the Bronte Sisters, Charlotte, Emily and Anne. And their father Patrick, their mother Maria and their brother Branwell.

OLM ends with our regular look back at the most memorable books of the year. John Cotter on art, identity, and illness. Sam Sacks on the wisdom of Frank Kermode. Steve Donoghue on the Greatest Giant Killer Shark Novel. Novel Readings Has A New Address.

Statement on the Marking Boycott. Onward much of our work will not be marked. Looking out for one another means directly fighting pay inequality, eve.

Join us to read No Name week by week. Our Mutual Friend Reading Project. Some of you may be interested in joining a new Dickens reading project. You can read the first instalment here.

If it intruigues me, I just might write about it here. It became a conversation about students who were made to feel, on a pretty fundamental level, that certain books were simply not for them.

Jason Williamson, the vocalist for the duo, a forty something former benefits advisor, has become the emblem for representations of white working-class male su. Bjectivity and experience in contemporary Britian, something that he himself finds uncomfortable.

Ramblings about literature, and going beyond books to explore language, history and culture. Rants Concerning the English Language and Culture. So what is neo-Victorianism? Antipodean Ginger Nut Tea Duelling. Or, in this case, several varieties of the same great Australian biscuit. You see, back in the Victorian era, William Arnott, a Sc.

I want to ride my bicycle, I want to ride my bike. On June 29th 1878 the Wanderers Bicycle Club, based in Lavender Hill London, came to Caterham Asylum. The letter explaining the days event was sent to Dr James Adam three weeks prior, on beautifully designed headed paper. I have not been able to find mention of it in previous committee minutes or annual reports, nor in Dr Adam.

Tracking my progress on the Digital Tools for Research programme. Thanks to anyone who has commented on this blog, and for Emma at the Library for putting together such a great programme! The final part .