This Telegraph article responds to the furore surrounding the decision of various GCSE boards – apparently at the behest of Michael Gove’s Education Department – to drop American literature from their syllabi. It argues that it is unwise to geographically limit syllabi at GCSE age – but that those who oppose the changes need to be clear about the grounds on which they are doing so.
Report of the Thirtieth Meeting of the London D. H. Lawrence Group Catherine Brown A Walking Tour of Lawrence's Hampstead Friday 30th June 2023 In person 13.00-15.00 UK time ATTENDERS Eleven people attended including Catherine Brown, Anne...
Report of the Twenty-Ninth meeting of the London D. H. Lawrence Group Robert Bullock The Road to Vence 1928-1929 Thursday 25th May 2023 By Zoom 18.30-20.00 UK time ATTENDERS 32 people attended, including, from outside of...
Report of the Twenty-Eighth Meeting of the London D. H. Lawrence Group Maria Trejling Flickering Figures: Modes of Reading Animals in The Rainbow Thursday 27th April 2023 By Zoom 18.30-20.00 UK time ATTENDERS 15...
This paper was delivered at the 30th international scientific conference, ‘The Historical Past and the Present in European and American Literature and Culture’, hosted (in-person and online) by Minsk State Linguistic University, 4th-5th November 2023. By way of...