Culturefly on the Wall Podcast #15: Gerald’s Game, Bojack Horseman, Basquiat and more

It’s an exciting podcast this week in the lead up to the London Film Festival! From Meyerowitz to Mr Mercedes and Bojack to Basquiat, it’s all covered. Jo Gu... Read More...

Book News Roundup: The Stella Prize longlist revealed

The Stella Prize, the Australian literary award for female authors, has published its 2017 longlist, which is marked in tone by writers unwilling to shy away fr... Read More...

Literature News Roundup: New Pottermore Story & The Sad Case Of Author Wages

J. K. Rowling is in the news yet again this week as she posted a short story to the Pottermore website. The story features a middle-aged (34 year old) Harry Pot... Read More...

Literature News Roundup: Gove Has Great Expectations For Brit-centric English GCSE, But Critics Disagree!

Michael Gove caused a lot of controversy over the bank holiday weekend with his decision as education minister to rejig the GCSE English Literature curriculum. ... Read More...

TV News: Sherlock Lives & Downton Returns

- The BBC have released a new trailer ahead of the highly anticipated third season of Sherlock, which is set to return on New Year’s Day. It reveals that the ne... Read More...

Literature News: Move over Movember, it is NaNoWriMo time!

- Halloween is over and done with guys and gals, and it's now time for NaNoWriMo! (No, this is neither a new dance craze, nor a Minion’s greeting) It’s your cha... Read More...

Literature News: Bridget Jones Breaks Our Hearts

Breaking News! All spoiler-phobes please ignore! - Bridget Jones’s Mark Darcy is tragically no more. In Helen Fielding’s upcoming third book in the Bridget J... Read More...

Literature News : Kelly Clarkson tries to take our precious! And other news this week

- J.K. Rowling has accepted damages from her law firm for the unwanted leak of her involvement in the pseudonymous novel The Cuckoo’s Calling. The sum received ... Read More...

Culture News : The Royal Baby And Royally Big Fashion

- This fortnight’s news has been dominated by the news that on 22nd July Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cambridge delivered a baby son with no difficulties o... Read More...

Literature News: Jane Austen, Keira Knightley & An Adaptation Of The Bible

Something fun yet informative to start with – here is a link to the website ‘Placing Literature’, which is an interactive map allowing you to see and add to, al... Read More...

Top 5 Web Series

In recent years it seems that the number of web series has grown exponentially. There’s now something out there to suit every taste, and it’s a great way for as... Read More...

Obsession Never Looked So Good – Why We Love Fandom

Calling all Janeites, Whovians, Katycats and Tributes (and all you other brilliantly bonkers fan-boys and girls), this one’s for you. Unless you’ve been livi... Read More...