Category Archives: Reviews

‘Things we cannot know’: Julian Barnes’ The Man in the Red Coat

Posted on 7th September 2020 by Sally O'Reilly

Alistair Daniel, Associate Lecturer, Creative Writing In June 1885, three Frenchmen – the prince Edmond de Polignac, Count Robert de Montesquiou-Fezensac, and the ‘celebrity gynaecologist’ Dr Samuel Jean Pozzi – arrived in London. They went shopping, had dinner with Henry … Continue reading →

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‘Let Me Tell You A Story’: Reflections on the EastSide Arts Festival, Belfast

Posted on 5th September 2019 by Sally O'Reilly

Patricia Ferguson, PhD student, English Literature ‘Let me tell you a story’ was the principal theme of this year’s EastSide Arts festival. These are my reflections on four events which seem to me to resonate profoundly with the present state … Continue reading →

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Manga, The British Museum

Posted on 10th July 2019 by Sally O'Reilly

Francesca Benatti, Research Fellow in Digital Humanities I recently visited the Manga exhibition at the British Museum (23 May-26 August 2019), the largest of its kind ever to take place outside of Japan. Manga is the name commonly applied to Japanese … Continue reading →

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‘Of These and Other Worlds’: Reflections on the C. S. Lewis Festival, Belfast

Posted on 26th November 2018 by Sally O'Reilly

Patricia Ferguson, PhD student, English Literature Saturday November 3 is described in the brochure as ‘The Day of Magical Thinking’, but it seems to me that we were privileged to enjoy a whole week of magical thinking. The title of … Continue reading →

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The Book as Cure: Bibliotherapy and Literary Caregiving from the First World War to the Present

Posted on 9th October 2018 by Sally O'Reilly

Jenny Cattier PhD student, Anglia Ruskin University When I saw the conference programme for The Book as Cure: Bibliotherapy and Literary Caregiving from the First World War to the Present, I genuinely could not believe my luck.  As a creative … Continue reading →

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Reflections on EastSide Arts Festival, Belfast, 2-12 August 2018

Posted on 3rd September 2018 by Sally O'Reilly

Patricia Ferguson, PhD Student, Department of English The Director of the EastSide ArtsFestival writes, in the brochure’s welcome page: ‘…if this part of the city is your home, the festival is our annual invitation to you to celebrate and enjoy … Continue reading →

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Somewhere in Between – Review

Posted on 11th July 2018 by Sally O'Reilly

Somewhere in Between: Four Collaborations, Wellcome Collection, Euston Road, London, 8 March-27 August 2018 Sally O’Reilly, Lecturer, Creative Writing I walk into a black box, disorientated for a moment as the space resolves itself. Giant blue screens show human shapes … Continue reading →

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Tolkien Exhibition: Review

Posted on 1st July 2018 by Sally O'Reilly

Francesca Benatti, Research Fellow in Digital Humanities I recently visited this exhibition, which is the first Tolkien exhibition in 26 years and showcases artefacts from the Bodleian, Marquette University Library and the Tolkien family private collections, some never exhibited before. … Continue reading →

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