https://padlet.com/bartholomewschool/xry9y0qahu4gs5w7 en-us 2022-09-29 10:52:26 UTC 2023-05-17 14:42:59 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-uploads.storage.googleapis.com/1389723005/4c0af465ed79778fc5a7332ca8967402/Bartholomew_School_Logo.png ebrookbanksobrien https://padlet.com/bartholomewschool/xry9y0qahu4gs5w7/wish/2349706527 2022-10-20 20:33:49 UTC https://padlet.com/bartholomewschool/xry9y0qahu4gs5w7/wish/2349706527 ebrookbanksobrien https://padlet.com/bartholomewschool/xry9y0qahu4gs5w7/wish/2349710257 The Poetry Magazine Podcast features poets and artists in their natural form—reading poems and speaking freely.]]> 2022-10-20 20:38:21 UTC https://padlet.com/bartholomewschool/xry9y0qahu4gs5w7/wish/2349710257 ebrookbanksobrien https://padlet.com/bartholomewschool/xry9y0qahu4gs5w7/wish/2349715927 Read the poem of the day!]]> 2022-10-20 20:44:52 UTC https://padlet.com/bartholomewschool/xry9y0qahu4gs5w7/wish/2349715927 ebrookbanksobrien https://padlet.com/bartholomewschool/xry9y0qahu4gs5w7/wish/2349723572 Competitions, poems by young writers and projects are all on offer for aspiring poets. ]]> 2022-10-20 20:54:09 UTC https://padlet.com/bartholomewschool/xry9y0qahu4gs5w7/wish/2349723572 ebrookbanksobrien https://padlet.com/bartholomewschool/xry9y0qahu4gs5w7/wish/2349733854 In need of writing inspiration? Want to know more about what makes a great short story? Not sure where to start? Get some ideas, strategies, tips and advice from top authors and the expert judges of the BBC Young Writers Award.]]> 2022-10-20 21:07:24 UTC https://padlet.com/bartholomewschool/xry9y0qahu4gs5w7/wish/2349733854 ebrookbanksobrien https://padlet.com/bartholomewschool/xry9y0qahu4gs5w7/wish/2349746248 And maybe even prepare to enter next year's competition... ]]> 2022-10-20 21:24:24 UTC https://padlet.com/bartholomewschool/xry9y0qahu4gs5w7/wish/2349746248 ebrookbanksobrien https://padlet.com/bartholomewschool/xry9y0qahu4gs5w7/wish/2349783846 Just don't hurl them at your English teacher...]]> 2022-10-20 22:19:44 UTC https://padlet.com/bartholomewschool/xry9y0qahu4gs5w7/wish/2349783846 ebrookbanksobrien https://padlet.com/bartholomewschool/xry9y0qahu4gs5w7/wish/2349785227 Modern Shakespeare for the masses!]]> 2022-10-20 22:21:55 UTC https://padlet.com/bartholomewschool/xry9y0qahu4gs5w7/wish/2349785227 ebrookbanksobrien https://padlet.com/bartholomewschool/xry9y0qahu4gs5w7/wish/2385592950 Dickens's Oliver Twist depicts the excitement as well as the danger surrounding the criminal underworld. Here Professor Philip Horne examines how Dickens’s portrayal of crime was influenced by public executions, contemporary criminal slang and other sensational literary works.]]> 2022-11-15 22:07:45 UTC https://padlet.com/bartholomewschool/xry9y0qahu4gs5w7/wish/2385592950 ebrookbanksobrien https://padlet.com/bartholomewschool/xry9y0qahu4gs5w7/wish/2385594541 Why do orphans appear so frequently in 19th-century fiction? Professor John Mullan reflects on the opportunities they provide for authors, considering some of the most famous examples of the period.]]> 2022-11-15 22:09:41 UTC https://padlet.com/bartholomewschool/xry9y0qahu4gs5w7/wish/2385594541 ebrookbanksobrien https://padlet.com/bartholomewschool/xry9y0qahu4gs5w7/wish/2385596621 This literary timeline explores the history of Black literature and writing in Britain through around 50 texts. It includes works by writers living and working in Britain, as well as titles first published here and authored by people who were born in former British colonies in Africa, the Caribbean and Americas.]]> 2022-11-15 22:12:20 UTC https://padlet.com/bartholomewschool/xry9y0qahu4gs5w7/wish/2385596621 ebrookbanksobrien https://padlet.com/bartholomewschool/xry9y0qahu4gs5w7/wish/2385597509 Dr Carol Atherton explores how Charlotte Brontë mixes fantasy with realism in Jane Eyre, making use of fairytale and myth and drawing on the imaginary worlds she and her siblings created as children.]]> 2022-11-15 22:13:31 UTC https://padlet.com/bartholomewschool/xry9y0qahu4gs5w7/wish/2385597509 ebrookbanksobrien https://padlet.com/bartholomewschool/xry9y0qahu4gs5w7/wish/2385610046 A parade of Waterstones' best LGBTQ+ books for Pride]]> 2022-11-15 22:31:25 UTC https://padlet.com/bartholomewschool/xry9y0qahu4gs5w7/wish/2385610046 ebrookbanksobrien https://padlet.com/bartholomewschool/xry9y0qahu4gs5w7/wish/2387319778 Roger Robinson is a fervent, generous poet. His most recent collection, A Portable Paradise, won both the 2019 T. S. Eliot Prize and the Royal Society of Literature’s Ondaatje Prize 2020 for a distinguished work evoking the spirit of a place – in this instance, post-Windrush Britain.]]> 2022-11-16 21:13:20 UTC https://padlet.com/bartholomewschool/xry9y0qahu4gs5w7/wish/2387319778 ebrookbanksobrien https://padlet.com/bartholomewschool/xry9y0qahu4gs5w7/wish/2387344937 Linton Kwesi Johnson was a key player in the British Black Power movement, joining the Black Panthers while at school and setting up a poetry workshop within it. ]]> 2022-11-16 21:42:41 UTC https://padlet.com/bartholomewschool/xry9y0qahu4gs5w7/wish/2387344937 ebrookbanksobrien https://padlet.com/bartholomewschool/xry9y0qahu4gs5w7/wish/2387350207 A self-described “black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet,” Audre Lorde dedicated both her life and her creative talent to confronting and addressing injustices of racism, sexism, classism, and homophobia.]]> 2022-11-16 21:48:31 UTC https://padlet.com/bartholomewschool/xry9y0qahu4gs5w7/wish/2387350207 ebrookbanksobrien https://padlet.com/bartholomewschool/xry9y0qahu4gs5w7/wish/2448614501 How many words can you make with 7 letters?]]> 2023-01-18 16:33:15 UTC https://padlet.com/bartholomewschool/xry9y0qahu4gs5w7/wish/2448614501 ebrookbanksobrien https://padlet.com/bartholomewschool/xry9y0qahu4gs5w7/wish/2448617055 Are these Oscar Wilde’s finest poems? Selected by Dr Oliver Tearle]]> 2023-01-18 16:34:42 UTC https://padlet.com/bartholomewschool/xry9y0qahu4gs5w7/wish/2448617055 ebrookbanksobrien https://padlet.com/bartholomewschool/xry9y0qahu4gs5w7/wish/2456324682 Some recommendations for Sci-Fi fans or those looking for a place to start! ]]> 2023-01-25 15:30:39 UTC https://padlet.com/bartholomewschool/xry9y0qahu4gs5w7/wish/2456324682