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nF & dUaLiTy

JCApril 8, 2023

It's been a while since Robert Louis Stevenson and Oscar Wilde wrote their novels about humanity's duality. But the conversation is NOT over... MUSIC FOCUS:... Read More...

A-LevelEssay WritingGCSELanguage AnalysisStudy 2

AgAiNsT ThE cUrrEnT & ThE MoNsTeR MoTiF

JCApril 11, 2022

Imagine you're living in the 12th Century, chatting to your friends in Latin and someone uses the word 'monstrum'. You know immediately that they're taking abo... Read More...

A-LevelGCSELanguage AnalysisStudy 4

The 3 purple links below serve as wormholes. They'll take you straight into the pages of the texts you're studying at school. Use YONAKA's ideas to develop your understanding of 'A Streetcar Named Desire', light imagery and gender inequality! As ... Read More...

A-LevelGCSEWormholes 2

HoLdiNg AbSeNcE & yOnAkA: aNaLySiNg LiGhT

JCJuly 4, 2021

As you read through the below, you'll find our model ideas in orange and green. There are tasks for you to complete in purple. We always love the summer te... Read More...

A-LevelGCSELanguage Analysis 2

HoLdiNg AbSeNcE: WoRmHoLeS

JCJune 15, 2021

The purple links in this article serve as wormholes. Click on them and you'll find yourself walking through the pages of Oscar Wilde's 'The Picture Of Dorian G... Read More...

A-LevelGCSEWormholes 2

yOnAkA, oLiViA rOdRiGo & pOiNt nOrTh: uSiNg MeTaPhOrS & RePeTiTiOn

JCMay 20, 2021

Finding the words to describe that feeling our favourite music gives us is never easy. And so we repeat ourselves in the hope that someone will get what we're trying to say! Or we use metaphors because sometimes saying what something is not actually... Read More...

A-LevelGCSEWriting With Style 2

HoLdiNg AbSeNcE: FoRm

JCMay 1, 2020

So we've heard a bit about why the rock song structure fitted Holding Absence’s needs PERFECTLY. Now, it's time to think about how Lucas Woodland's ideas serve... Read More...

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