Latin: A lost language for a privileged class?
I learnt my first piece of Latin without knowing it was Latin. I was reading Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone and Hermione cast...
Authors, Readers and the Ethics of Imagination
Roland Barthes' influential essay 'The Death of the Author' presents a compelling argument against prevailing attitudes about literature...
In Defence of the Dark Arts: Academic Resistance to the Fantastic
“I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living.” – Dr Seuss Read any review of the Western...
