5 Sad Quotes about Being Sad that Will Make You Feel Sad
Because why would emotions be variable and complex? Just feel what you think you should feel! It’s as easy as reading these quotes.
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Going Above and Beyond- This Kid Told J.K Rowling That He Wanted to Be Just Like Harry Potter, so She Broke Into His House and Murdered His Parents
When eleven year old Harry Potter super-fan Quentin Queck wrote a letter to J.K. Rowling late last year, he wasn’t expecting a reply. Queck, who describes himself as the ultimate Harry Potter fan, merely wanted Rowling to know how much the character meant to him, and how the themes of friendship, perseverance and the cutting … Continue reading
You Are Claudius. Can You Casually Order Enough Ear Poison to Kill Your Brother and Kick Off the Plot to Hamlet?
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New letters reveal that The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe originally had Aslan stop what he’s doing to tell the kids that life begins at conception
‘Hey, if Tolkien can include like ninety pages of a small man singing to a tree because it ate his friend then I can include this!’ Continue reading
You Are Dante Alighieri: Can You Put Everybody Who Was Ever Mean to You in Hell?
In this Clickity-Lit Quizventure, you are Dante Alighieri, poet and failed politician. Taking up your pen, it’s time to take revenge on those who wronged you by putting them in Hell. But can you do it? Only time will tell… Continue reading
Epic!!! One Avid Reader Has Proven That The Characters in Paradise Lost Never Take Off Their Shoes
I don’t use the word ‘hero’ often. Usually I only use it to describe everybody who manages to climb a hill at some point, and not even really a steep hill, but in this case I am willing to make an exception. Eric Sandcastleton loves Paradise Lost, and after thirty years of close reading of … Continue reading
Ten Things Literary Scholars Are Sick of Hearing
When you specialise in literature, people seem to have a list of things that they want to say to you. It’s all good fun for the most part, but some are so repetitive that it just starts to get annoying. Here are the most significant ten. Literature? don’t you just fuck around and read books? … Continue reading
Wow! The Harry Potter Books Taught This Kid To Love Reading, But That Didn’t Stop His Parents From Getting Divorced
Well doesn’t this story just inspire you. When little Jimmy Buffett learned that his parents were divorcing, he buried himself in the magical world of Harry Potter so that he didn’t have to process what was happening. Starting with The Philosopher’s Stone, within just a few short weeks he’d read his way all the way … Continue reading
Are You a Robot?
Writers have been predicting human-robot war since the rise of science fiction in the 20th Century. It’s time for us all to ask: are you sure you know which side you’re on? Continue reading
At the Cutting Edge: This Man Just Had the Very Original Idea to Stage a Production of Macbeth Set in the Present Day With Gangsters
Amazing. Continue reading