• Waterstones Is Open! Here’s What You Should Buy

    Maisie Garvin The opening of non – essential retail this month is just one step closer to normality for everyone. For myself, and I am sure fellow bookworms, visiting a bookshop is high on the priority list. There is a certain thrill in aimlessly browsing the sections in Waterstones...
  • ‘Chaos’ – April Creative Showcase

    Georgia Hamblett Finally, coronavirus restrictions are being lifted. As I reflected on the trials of the last year, one word sprung to mind: ‘Chaos’. I asked our contributors to use this word as the stimulus for their creative juices, this month. I hope you enjoy what Georgia came up...
  • April Book of the Month: A Moveable Feast

    Just like Ernest Hemingway’s image and legacy, the style of A Moveable Feast (1964) is simplistic, straightforward and very much masculine. But don’t hold it against the book just yet; A Moveable Feast is also deeply honest and personal....
  • Three Climate YouTubers You Should Watch

    Matthew Bird For 10 days, we are focusing on the pressing issue of climate change, something that can have major impacts on the way our world, and our lives will function. Matthew Bird shares his top three climate YouTubers to learn more about this subject from. The fact that...
  • Nature In Literature

    Rory Beveridge The fascination with the natural world has engrossed humans since the beginning of written records and has been frequently used as inspiration for works of literature, art and other forms of expression. In the ancient world, there was often an intertwining of paradise, and an untouched natural...
  • The Novelty Of Novelisation: Exploring Books That Were Inspired By Movies & TV

    Emily Fletcher For as long as movies have been made, they have often been inspired by books. But, more often than might be expected, there is a whole world of books written following the release of a movie, inspired by its plot and characters. You may be surprised to...
  • March Book Of The Month: Klara And The Sun

    The 2017 Laureate of Nobel Prize in Literature Kazuo Ishiguro returns to his exploration of scientific-fiction after his 2005 novel Never Let Me Go, with his latest novel Klara and the Sun....