LANGUAGE
May 2012
Delving into the various linguistic predicaments of Samuel Beckett reveals the beautiful complications of his writings.
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March 2012
Learning a foreign tongue opens up an entirely new spectrum of cultural rewards, yet state schools are failing to emphasise their importance
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September 2011
Review of The Appointment by Herta Müller; Perlmann's Silence by Pascal Mercier; and The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
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November 2010
The teaching of grammar should be at the heart of the school syllabus. Without it we are killing intellectual curiosity
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