Sophocles and Inspector Morse
I’m reading a lot of detective fiction at the moment. Partly for fun, and partly because I’m working on a …
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J.R.R. Tolkien and the Eagles’ Wings: Middle Earth and the Bible
So why didn’t they just ask the eagles? This is a question about The Lord of the Rings I’ve heard …
Literary Allusion in Harry Potter by Dr. Beatrice Groves: A Review
I have been looking forward to the publication of Beatrice Groves’ Literary Allusion in Harry Potter for some time, and …
Imaginary Quads and Overheard Tennis: Ursula Orange and Dorothy L. Sayers
I’m on a bit of a mid-century novel binge at the moment, even more than usual, having discovered the “Furrowed …
Clerks, Clerics and Tricksters: A Word and its Literary History
This weekend the Erewash Press published Anthony Trollope’s novel The Three Clerks. It’s a great read, partly because of the …
Fantasy, Parody and Sacrament: Theological Reflections on J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Fellowship of the Ring
I have recently been accepted to train as a Reader in the Church of England, a ministry I shall be …
Miss Pettigrew and the Provincial Lady: Women Looking at Women
Midcentury British fiction by women is one of my favourite genres, and I have the overdraft with Persephone Books to …
Jolly Hockey Sticks: The Decline of British Schoolgirl Fiction
Whilst I was looking through old notes on Gosling and Auchmuty’s work on school fiction for my piece on sexualized …
The Corpse in the Cellar and the Beam in the Eye: A Guest Review by A J Hall
This is a guest post by A.J. Hall, a lawyer, sailor and writer. She can be found on Twitter @legionseagle …
Marylebone House: Alison Barr Talks Fiction, Publishing and SPCK
Readers of Quite Irregular will probably be familiar with the wide range of theological and devotional books which SPCK publish, …
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