Julian Girdham

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'Othello' Quizlet - the whole play

November 09, 2021 by Julian Girdham in English Teaching, Shakespeare

There is a revision series using quotations from Othello, by Act: this set combines all those quotations into one Quizlet.

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'Othello' Quizlet - Act 5

November 09, 2021 by Julian Girdham in Shakespeare, English Teaching

The fifth in a revision series using quotations from Othello, by Act.

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'Othello' Quizlet - Act 4

November 08, 2021 by Julian Girdham in Shakespeare, English Teaching

The fourth in a revision series using quotations from Othello, by Act.

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'Othello's Secret: the Cyprus Problem' by R.M. Christofides

October 21, 2021 by Julian Girdham in English Teaching, Shakespeare

Othello’s Secret: the Cyprus Problem, by R.M. Christofides, is an unusual mixture of the academic and the personal, and a recommendation for anyone studying or teaching the play.

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Robert Eaglestone in 'Impact' 26

October 17, 2021 by Julian Girdham in English Teaching, Books

Professor Robert Eaglestone’s ‘Impact’ pamphlet number 26, is well-worth the attention of English teachers.

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'Othello' Quizlet 3

October 12, 2021 by Julian Girdham in Shakespeare, English Teaching

The third in a revision series using quotations from Othello, by Act.

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Othello: The Duke and the Turks in Act I scene iii

October 06, 2021 by Julian Girdham in Shakespeare, English Teaching

The short scene at the start of Act I scene iii, when the Duke and his advisors work out what to do about the Turkish fleet, prefigure significant issues in Othello: how to judge, how to weigh evidence, how to get to the truth.

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'Zikora' by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

October 04, 2021 by Julian Girdham in Fiction

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s short story ‘Zikora’, published by Amazon Kindle in October 2020, is a pleasure.

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Othello: the opening scene (Knowing and Satisfaction)

October 03, 2021 by Julian Girdham in English Teaching, Shakespeare

An analysis of the opening scene of Othello, looking at how Shakespeare presents us with ideas of how we can or can not ‘know’ truths, and how we can or can not be ‘satisfied.’

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October 03, 2021 /Julian Girdham
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Graham Bradshaw on 'Othello'

September 30, 2021 by Julian Girdham in Shakespeare, English Teaching

Graham Bradshaw’s short commentary on Othello is provocative and thought-provoking.

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'Othello' Quizlet 2

September 28, 2021 by Julian Girdham in Shakespeare, English Teaching

The second in a revision series using quotations from Othello, by Act.

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Free To Be Me

September 26, 2021 by Julian Girdham in Books

Free To Be Me is an excellent new publication from Children’s Books Ireland. Subtitled ‘The Diversity, Inclusion and Representation Reading Guide’ it importantly fills in a gap in advice available to parents, teachers and children in Ireland.

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'Othello: Language and Writing' by Laurie Maguire

September 20, 2021 by Julian Girdham in Shakespeare, English Teaching

Othello: Language and Writing by Laurie Maguire, Professor of English at Oxford University, is in the Student Skills series from Arden Shakespeare, but is also an excellent refresher for teachers.

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Backwards up a Rainbow

September 18, 2021 by Julian Girdham

Rosaleen Linehan’s show Backwards up a Rainbow, alongside her pianist son Conor, is a tonic in every way.

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September 18, 2021 /Julian Girdham
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'Othello' Quizlet 1

September 10, 2021 by Julian Girdham in Shakespeare

The first in a revision series using quotations from Othello, by Act.

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'Handiwork' by Sara Baume

September 07, 2021 by Julian Girdham in Books, Fiction

Sara Baume has now written three lovely books, each characterised by carefulness, tenderness and a calm attention to the natural world. The latest is handiwork from Tramp Press, another book full of quiet pleasures.

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September 07, 2021 /Julian Girdham
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'The Historians' by Eavan Boland

August 21, 2021 by Julian Girdham in Poetry, Books

Eavan Boland’s beautiful, wise final collection of poems, The Historians, is a model of how to use language to think about what we are.

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'White Spines' by Nicholas Royle

August 18, 2021 by Julian Girdham in Books, Non-Fiction

Nicholas Royle’s White Spines: confessions of a book collector is his account of his obsessive collection of Picador books over many years, and it’s funny, self-aware and self-deprecating - a delight for those of us who love the physicality of books.

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August 18, 2021 /Julian Girdham
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Daughters of the Late Colonel

July 29, 2021 by Julian Girdham in Fiction

Katherine Mansfield’s brilliant short story ‘Daughters of the Late Colonel’ is distinguished by a lightness of touch, as she lets us into the minds of two sisters whose hectoring father has just died.

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Fiction
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On the Design of Poetry Textbooks

July 24, 2021 by Julian Girdham in Poetry, English Teaching

Poetry is the most dense and intense literary form. It needs time and space. But too often the design of contemporary textbooks does precisely the opposite.

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