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A run-through of all ten Edexcel IGCSE English Language Anthology texts, considering the core of each text, their form, purpose and audience.

This podcast analyses 'Ode to a Nightingale' by John Keats from the EDEXCEL A-Level English Romantic Poetry anthology

Alice Bufton-Thorneycroft played the role of Lady Macbeth in Esher Theatre's sell-out run in October. Here, she kindly and brilliantly discusses her views on the role.

This podcast focuses on analysis of Act 4, scene 1 of Macbeth for the EDEXCEL IGCSE English Literature syllabus

An overview of our collection of Romantic poets.

This podcast analyses both 'Holy Thursday' poems by William Blake from the EDEXCEL A-Level English Romantic Poetry anthology

This poem analyses 'The Sick Rose' by William Blake from the EDEXCEL A-Level English Romantic Poetry anthology

NJJ talks us through Wordsworth's poem in his inimitable style.

NJJ talks us through this complex and soulful poem.

This podcast analyses 'Ode on Melancholy' by John Keats from the EDEXCEL A-Level English Romantic Poetry anthology

This podcast analyses 'Sonnet on the Sea' by John Keats from the EDEXCEL A-Level English Romantic Poetry anthology

This podcast is on 'Lines Written in Early Spring' by William Wordsworth from the EDEXCEL English A-Level Romantic Poetry anthology

This podcast analyses the poem 'Ode on a Grecian Urn' by John Keats from the EDEXCEL A-Level English Romantic Poetry collection

This podcast analyses the second half of 'Disabled' by Wilfred Owen (from line 26 onwards) for IGCSE English Language

This podcast analyses 'The Question' by Percy Shelley from the EDEXCEL A-Level English Romantic Poetry collection

This podcast analyses 'The Cold Earth Slept Below' by Percy Shelley from the EDEXCEL A-Level English Romantic Poetry collection

This podcast analyses 'Stanzas Written in Dejection, Near Naples' by Percy Shelley from the EDEXCEL A-Level English Romantic Poetry collection

The new St John's Poet Laureate, Tara Srihiran-Brown, reads her poem, 'Roots', and discusses her influences and the experience of writing this poem.

This podcast is on the poem 'On This Day I Complete My Thirty-Sixth Year' by Lord Byron from the EDEXCEL A-Level English Romantic Poetry anthology

This podcast is on the poem 'History' from the EDEXCEL A-Level English anthology 'Poems of the Decade'

This podcast is on the poem 'From the Journal of a Disappointed Man' from the EDEXCEL A-Level English anthology 'Poems of the Decade'

This podcast focuses on the poem 'A Minor Role' from the A-Level English 'Poems of the Decade' anthology

In today's episode, we have three Year 11 pupils discussing the character of George in Of Mice and Men.

In this episode, two Year 11 pupils discuss the theme of vulnerability in the novella, considering what makes a character vulnerable and what effect such vulnerability has on their actions.

In this episode, we have two Year 11 pupils discussing the theme of dreams in the novella.

Two Year 11 pupils discuss this important character in Of Mice and Men, and the tragic nature of both her existence and her death.

Two Year 11 pupils discuss the character of Lennie in Steinbeck's novella, covering some interesting critical angles as well as some of the context that can illuminate this central character.

A pair of Year 11 pupils discuss the character of Crooks within the novella, and consider some of the contextual factors that may have influenced Steinbeck in his creation of this character.

A group of Year 11 pupils discuss the character of Candy in Steinbeck's novella, Of Mice and Men.

NJJ makes a critical reading of 'Material' by Ros Barber from the 'Poems of the Decade' anthology