In Moore and Twomey’s Secret of Kells, the idea of the book, through the representation of the Book of Iona,…
The Shining- Stephen King
“This inhuman place makes human monsters.” Perhaps King’s most iconic work, The Shining is a tale of supernatural, and indeed…
Barbara Demick’s Nothing to Envy; review.
In recent days, some rather astonishing news has emerged from North Korea. On April 20th, the country announced that they…
The Paperback Revolution and the Ebook Revolution- An analysis of how both affected the Publishing industry in Britain
Allen Lane poses with his Penguin mass-produced paperbacks Both the paperback revolution, ushered in by Allen Lane’s pocket-sized Penguin paperback…
The Perils of Reading- An analysis of the dangers of books and reading in Shakespeare’s The Tempest and Jean-Jacques Annaud’s film “The Name of the Rose”
Throughout Shakespeare’s The Tempest and Annaud’s film adaptation of Umberto Eco’s novel The Name of the Rose, there is a…
Station Eleven- Emily St. John Mandel- Thoughts
Station Eleven by Emily St John Mandel Throughout Mandel’s novel, the issue of the universality and timelessness of the work…
Creep (Dir. Patrick Brice)- Film Review (Spoiler-free)
Mark Duplass as Josef Creep (2014) is a devilishly unnerving take on found-footage horror. It depicts the relationship between Josef and…
The Stepford Wives- Ira Levin (Thoughts on and Review)
Ira Levin, described by Stephen King as ‘the Swiss watchmaker of suspense novels’, is the author of texts such as The…
Macbeth (2015- Dir. Justin Kurzel)
Justin Kurzel’s 2015 filmic adaptation of Shakespeare’s Macbeth, aptly and identically titled Macbeth, provides numerous points worthy of analysis and…
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