Monthly Archives: May 2015

Top tips for university life

Rowen Marlow, an English Literature student gives her top tips for first year life at Reading University: 1) Be yourself – it sounds obvious but simply being true to yourself and your interests will help you to feel comfortable at … Continue reading

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How our Junior Common Room works…

Student James Hart tells us about being a member of the Junior Common Room and events put on for those living in halls: Before coming to university I was anxious about meeting new people. I was looking forward to having … Continue reading

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Scribblers

Scribblers, Reading’s creative writing society, meet every Tuesday evening. Emily Upson tells us more: The weekly Scribblers sessions range dramatically. We’ve had a variety of speakers in; writers from publishing companies, writers who self-published, literary critics and professional creative writing … Continue reading

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Afraid of creative writing workshops? Not us!

Second year English Literature student Becky Liddell takes the fear out of creative writing workshops: The idea of people giving feedback on your work can be daunting. At first, the concept of showing other people my writing in a workshop … Continue reading

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Joint degree: English Literature and Film and Theatre

Jake Blunt talks about his experiences and the benefits of studying a joint degree: ‘Doing a joint honours course allows for a broader spectrum of skills to be developed while at university. The skills you gain from one course may … Continue reading

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Hannah Franklin reviews The Children’s Hour

Hannah Franklin reviews The Children’s Hour a play by Lillian Hellman, a text from the first year module ‘Twentieth Century American Literature’:  Lillian Hellman’s play, The Children’s Hour, studied on the first year ‘Twentieth Century American Literature’ module, follows the … Continue reading

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Creative Arts Anthology launch party – TODAY!

To launch the 2015 edition of University of Reading Creative Arts Anthology, we are hosting a launch party on Monday 18th May, which will be a wonderful evening of readings from our talented contributors, wine drinking and socialising with like-minded … Continue reading

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IRHS lecture

Prof Michael Ruse from Florida State University will be coming to give this year’s IRHS guest lecture on Tuesday 26th May (week 6) at 2pm in the Harborne Lecture Theatre. His title is ‘Is Evolution a Religion? A View From Literature’. Michael … Continue reading

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Lucy Bending on the BBC

Lucy will be speaking on the R4 programme, ‘The Language of Pain’, this Saturday, 2nd May, at 8pm. She plans to talk about Fanny Burney’s account of her mastectomy, carried out before the invention of anaesthetics, and Alphonse Daudet’s metaphors … Continue reading

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