St John's English Podcast

A trio of Year 12 pupils discuss this brutal, powerful poem from the Edexcel English Literature A Level anthology of modern poems.

Miss T walks us through how to approach and succeed in Question 6/7 from Paper 1.

Mr Bingham walks us through Wordsworth's famous poem, weaving context and text with melodious dexterity.

An exploration of the importance of music in the text - the Varsouviana supplanted by the 'blue piano' - excerpts from popular music drifting through the bathroom door at opportune moments - Wien Wien and Paper Doll[s] - there's plenty to explore.

Mr B walks us through Wordsworth's musings on how 'The Child is Father of the Man' in this impassioned poem.

A discussion with two of our Year 12 pupils on which novel may be considered the more hopeful. These texts are being studied as part of the Edexcel English A Level Literature course.

Two Year 12 pupils discuss monstrosity across these texts, with characters and societies all under the microscope.

Two Year 12 pupils discuss whether Victor or the Creature should be considered the real monster of the text.

In-depth analysis of this IGCSE English Language anthology piece by Jamie Zeppa. Highlighters at the ready!

A quick whizz through the second half of the collection in preparation for Edexcel's A Level Literature, Paper 3