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I Pledge Myself to Thee, Sheridan Le Fanu
Throughout this wonderful year, every second thought has drifted towards the inevitable gauntlet through which every prospective academic must run before they can claim the ultimate prize of a Master’s Degree: The Dissertation. I have made no secret of the fact that I hold a special sympathy for all things Gothic and have done since […]
Confession Album
A popular past time in the 19th century was the shared Confession Album, a series of thought-provoking questions to assist the reader in understanding more about their priorities and the priorities of their friends. The questions commonly found in such Confession Albums later made up the famous Proust Questionnaire and have been further adapted in […]
Summer by the Riverside
During my sojourn in Leicester, I have made an effort to see (and subsequently recommend) the principle attractions that this wonderful city has to offer. I have been to the Jewry Wall, the Botanic Gardens, Victoria Park, New Walk Museum and Leicester Cathedral. I have shopped at High Cross, taken in a film at Phoenix […]
A Ponderous Essay and a Classical Concert
Recently I succeeded in turning in my final course essay a day early and although I expected to be reveling in a state of euphoria by now, I must confess that my feelings are more akin to exhaustion. The truth is that I have thoroughly enjoyed immersing myself into the paradoxical world of Oscar Wilde […]
The Botanic Gardens at Oadby
Outside your window the sun is shining and the weather is warm and inviting. Can you imagine a more perfect way to spend the day than to visit the Botanic Gardens at Oadby? When I first submitted a sample blog for consideration as a student blogger, my subject was the Botanic Gardens which are located […]
The Simple Things in Life Part II
As I prepared to face a lonely Easter in a house oppressed with silence (and an imagination inclined towards the dramatic), I received a message from a friend inviting me to join her family in an excursion through the most notable attractions in Leicestershire and Northamptonshire. I consider myself very lucky to have made a […]
The Simple Things in Life Part I
I haven’t written very much about the aspects of student life that are of most common interest primarily due to the fact that there are many voices on our student blogs that speak to the general population with greater clarity than I can. I am not, for example, the best person to enlighten you on […]
A Pilgrimage to the Shrine of William Blake
In 2009, I traveled to the Tate Gallery in London expressly to see their collection of the work of William Blake only to be sorely disappointed by the news that his work had been temporarily removed to showcase a growing collection of the works of J. W. Turner. Turner is, of course, an excellent artist […]
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
In December of last year, I briefly visited the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery after a wonderful day viewing the city’s remarkable Christmas Market. I was so impressed by the exhibitions on display that it immediately came to mind when I was searching for the subject of my presentation on the manner in which the […]
Reviving Richard III-This Weekend!
https://uk.patronbase.com/_EmbraceArts/Productions/W351/Performances In honor of the University of Leicester’s involvement in the discovery of the last Plantagenet King (in case you were not already aware), LUTheatre is reviving William Shakespeare’s Richard III this weekend at the Queen’s Hall in the Percy Gee building and again in the first weekend of April, which is an even more […]
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