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Author: Lewis

  • English essays at York are different

    11 April 2016 by Lewis
    4 minute read

    It is with some trepidation that I admit to you the dark secret of university life: you actually have to do some work in order to gain a degree.  Horrifying…

  • English Lit March 2016

    16 March 2016 by Lewis
    3 minute read

    Right so you know how great the English Department at York is by now; you’ve probably been on a visit day and all the statistics will have been tattooed onto…

  • A week in the life of an English Lit student

    19 February 2016 by Lewis
    5 minute read

    Goodness doesn’t time fly – it feels like only yesterday you were all avidly reading my last blog entry, and here I am serving up another one.  But the high…

  • English Lit January 2016

    21 January 2016 by Lewis
    4 minute read

    Hello again English Literature people!  I hope you all had very merry Christmases (that word doesn’t look right) and have survived the return to school relatively unscathed. It’s now 2016,…

  • English Lit November 2015

    8 December 2015 by Lewis
    3 minute read

    Hello people-who-are-considering-studying-English-Literature-at-York!  It may seem far off now but before you know it A-levels will have been and gone, and you’ll suddenly have to start working out how many pairs…