February 2012
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January 2012
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Anyone who’s worth anything reads just what he likes.
– Virginia Woolf, from Jacob’s Room.
…Which sadly, I didn’t like. But this quote was nice!
"Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf?"
Me.
She is frighteningly dull.
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Japan has a 'Ancient Mariner' moment after...
See full story here: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2089319/Pictured-The-metre-hole-smashed-aeroplanes-nose-ALBATROSS.html
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Anonymous asked: Jack Wills markets itself as university clothing to proper universities like Oxford, Cambridge, Durham, Bristol, St Andrews etc. Maybe if you'd worked hard at school and gone to a proper uni you would understand the attraction. Never mind, there's always MacDonalds for you, you can get some stars. Yay for you.
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The Tempest:
I have a seminar on this play of Shakespeare’s next week, and am currently reading it in preparation.
Explanations aside, I found a lovely set of lines which I thought I’d share with you. To give you some background if you haven’t seen or read the play - Ferdinand, after being shipwrecked upon a desert island with only three inhabitants, has recently been threatened with...
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It just occurred to me that, despite being a literature student, I have never once posted a list of my favourite novels on Tumblr.
In the vain hope that somebody might see this an be inspired to read one of them, here are ten of my favourites!
Jane Eyre - Charlotte Brontë
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban -J. K. Rowling
One Day - David Nicholls
Persuasion - Jane Austen
The Faraway...
Live for awhile in the books you love. Learn from them what is worth learning,...
– Rilke, Viareggio, April 5, 1903, Letters to a Young Poet (via uponswallows)
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theprettybooks asked: You should be able to buy the stamps at any large post office or online :)
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December 2011
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Just asked my Dad if he knew what hipsters were...
“Trousers.”
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Wasn’t the Made In Chelsea Christmas Special lovely?
It’s not often that reality, or rather “reality” TV can give you happy goosebumps, but there’s something about Caggie and Spencer as a proper entity which really is quite lovely.
Let’s hope it lasts and Cagg doesn’t flit around like a nervous moth like she usually does.
That way we can continue to...