Thomas the Tank Engine

For about a year now my daughter has been obsessed with the Thomas the Tank Engine series of books. Last summer I attempted to alleviate my despair at having to give yet another reading of Tank Engine Thomas Goes Bezerk in the Sidings (or something like that) by writing a short article about it. The [...]

Continuing Education

For the past few years I’ve been organising courses in English Literature and Language in the Continuing Education department at Liverpool University. The summer 2007 programme has just been announced and I think there are some interesting things on it. Literature courses in Liverpool can be found here, and those in Southport are here. There [...]