21/03/2026

“If you’re into it, read into it”: Sheffield prepares to celebrate 2026 as the Year of Reading

Originally published on Sheffield Wire: https://sheffieldwire.co.uk/index.php/2026/03/02/if-youre-into-it-read-into-it-sheffield-prepares-to-celebrate-2026-as-the-year-of-reading/ A year-long reading campaign has been launched to address the dropping literacy rate around the country and overall decline in reading. The new scheme comes from the National Literacy Trust, a literacy charity aiming to support children and young people in strengthening their literacy skills. Alongside the department of education, they have dubbed 2026 […]

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21/03/2026

Upcoming World Book Day: a “complete shock” for Sheffield parents

Originally published on Sheffield Wire: https://sheffieldwire.co.uk/index.php/2026/03/02/upcoming-world-book-day-a-complete-shock-for-sheffield-parents/ A magical day for a child but an extra expense for their parents. World Book Day is coming up, but this time it will be echoed by a worsening financial crisis.  The annual event this year will be held March 5 in every school around the country, to encourage children to read and be […]

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20/08/2023

The impact of greenwashing on poverty in developing countries

Greenwashing, also known as green sheen, is the latest marketing spin, implemented by not only fast fashion companies, with which it is arguably primarily associated, but also by other companies, such as hotel chains or even the food industry, to persuade the public to invest more in their products or to help them save up funds. Some companies also use […]

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03/03/2023

How does the fourth and last part of the poem “The Lady of Shalott” explore a tension between an adolescent and adult world?

“The Lady of Shalott” was written by Alfred, Lord Tennyson in 1832. It is both based on the legend of king Arthur, and also on a short Italian prose text called ‘Donna di Scalotta ’written in the 13th century. The poem’s target audience was children, as it explores themes of childhood and adolescence, and adulthood, in particular transitioning from the […]

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12/02/2023

Bienvenue chez le Ch’tis review

‘Bienvenue chez le Ch’tis’ is a 2008 comedy directed by Dany Boon, who also has a role in the film. Philippe Abrams is our main character, a director of a post office in Provence, France. He decided to pose as a disabled man to be transferred to the south of France, as they are prioritised. But he is immediately caught, […]

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08/12/2022

The treatment of death in the film ‘Monsieur Lazhar.’

The main theme in ‘Monsieur Lazhar’, a film directed by Philippe Falardeau, is death. This film is a dramatic comedy that takes place in a primary school in Canada where a teacher has committed suicide, and is then replaced by ‘Monsieur Bachir Lazhar’, an Algerian immigrant seeking asylum, after having left his home country due to threats to his family, […]

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08/12/2022

Critical Review on ‘Items that have gone missing inside the Lucy Temerlin institute for broken shapeshifters containment room’.

‘Items that have gone missing inside the Lucy Temerlin institute for broken shapeshifters containment room’ is a short story written by Kuzhali Manickavel in June 2021. The best way to describe Manickavel’s story is to claim that it is almost kaleidoscopic: every time it is read, a new interpretation can be construed. This review will include overall analyses to try […]

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08/12/2022

“How does Phillis Wheatley use her origins to respond to the idea of colonial rule?”

Focusing on ‘To the Right Honorable William, Earl of Dartmouth’. Wheatley was commissioned to write the eulogy ‘To the Right Honorable William, Earl of Dartmouth’ in 1773, in honour of his recent appointment. Wheatley’s poems tend to discuss freedom, imagination, and her origins. For example: ‘on Being Brought from Africa to America’ and ‘On Imagination’. Yet, the main theme of […]

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20/10/2022

Comparing the Odyssey and the Iliad to the Penelopiad

The Odyssey and The Iliad are two of the oldest pieces of surviving literature in the modern world. They were originally written around the 9th or 8th century BCE by Homer, and since then they have been translated into countless languages, including English, numerous times, with each editor and translator leaving their own interpretation of these epic tales. These classics […]

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20/10/2022

The treatment of death in the literature of the Restoration and eighteenth century

Focusing on ‘Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard’. ‘The curfew tolls the knell of parting day.’[1] There is no doubt of death being the main theme of Gray’s Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard. The tolling of a bell is immediately mentioned, which, in Gray’s time, ‘accumulated almost inescapable associations with the passing bell.’[2] Gray explores the theme of death […]

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