Matt Smith / Articles
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Popular Poet Banned
Carol Ann Duffy, one of Britain’s most popular poets, has this week had one of her poems removed from the GCSE syllabus because it ‘glorifies knife crime’, according to exam board AQA.
September 7th, 2008 at 06:45pm
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The Wicked Wit of Oscar Wilde
A portrait of one of the most famous figures in English Literature. Oscar Wilde, the Irish playwright, poet and writer was one of the true celebrities of his era and illuminated Victorian England with his flamboyant personality and celebrated wit.
August 11th, 2008 at 05:32pm
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Trial by Tabloid
If you go down to the newsagents today, you may be in for a surprise. Glaring at you from every angle are savage headlines, shrieking down at you in bold black print. Barbaric broadcasts designed to cause maximum damage; you can almost hear the crash as a previously well-respected reputation comes tumbling down into the gutter. In times gone by, justice was served in a courtroom by a judge and jury. Yet nowadays crime and punishment is handed to a new authority: Trial by tabloid.
April 26th, 2007 at 10:11pm