Toehold approximately

I would imagine that any change that makes it easier for first time novelists to be published is a good thing. So, reading this following story, I was quite pleased. We have all become aware of the problems following James Flint’s ‘bidding war’ for his novel ‘Habitus’ and if taking money from an advance makes [...]

Sorornal 1st year approximately

Being at home briefly for the Easter break I’ve had a chance to catch up with my sisters and how uni is going for them. I assume that their deadlines are at the beginning of term the same as mine, they, too, are within the university of london. They couldn’t tell me, with any modicum [...]

Unfinished experiment approximately

So this wednesday past I had an interview for a modern literature MA course at Birkbeck, university of London. It turned out to be a lot of fun really. There was a total good cop, bad cop feel to it all. The good cop was a pleasant gentleman I had met before and the bad [...]

Political idol approximately

No matter how much one might disagree with Tony Blair’s politics, one thing that is hard to refute is how well oiled his PR machine was. This is particularly evident in how well he was, and no doubt is, loved in America. It helped that, despite how much he aged over his ten years of [...]