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Jadon Sancho is England’s brightest wunderkind

Friday the 12th of October, was the second matchday of the inaugural UEFA Nations League and England played out a lethargic and uninspiring rematch of the 2018 world cup semi-final against Croatia behind closed doors in Rijeka. The match drew to a close and was not exactly a classic, with...
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By , Nov. 7, 2018

Why John Keats is a marmite figure

High culture is often riddling poetry readers with the assertion that John Keats wrote an enormous amount of great work in a very short period. It may seem rather annoying, even absurd, especially if you find his poems unbearable. In the interest of his upcoming birthday, and his somewhat marmite-like...
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By , Nov. 7, 2018

‘Explosive’ endings for Bonfire Night

In light of Bonfire Night, I want to attempt to make a rather tenuous link with the explosive nature of certain particularly remarkable endings in literature. A dissatisfying ending is often underwhelming and lacks a climactic angle, while the most noteworthy endings are those which take their readership aback with...
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By , Nov. 6, 2018