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Using a bit of investigation, we can work out a biography for the head of the Birling family, and decide whether he is supposed to be funny! Buy the book that goes along with this season at: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08W8CTM35/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_SB4D01B2T1NGWTFN6QH8
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Welcome to Season Six, the twentieth century season! straighttalkingenglish.co.uk/books to check out the books which accompany each series.
Join me for the scholarship behind the Creature... If you would like the book which accompanies this series, check out straighttalkengenglish.co.uk/books or search The Full Context on Amazon!
Who or what was Victor Frankenstein based on? straighttalkingenglish.co.uk to support the project or buy the book which goes along with this series!
Alchemists, geographers and anatomists in the second part of our discussion on the science behind Frankenstein! straighttalkingenglish.co.uk is your link for the book which accompanies this season, and to support the show...
How is Macbeth linked to Fireworks Night? In a surprisingly large number of ways... straighttalkingenglish.co.uk - buy the books which accompany the podcast series or drop a donation!
We rate films to see if they fit our Gothic criteria! Buy the Full Context series of books and support the show at straighttalkingenglish.co.uk.
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Season Five Episode Three: Gothic Literature by Straight Talking English
Season Five Episode Two: Romanticism by Straight Talking English
Season Five Episode One: The Enlightenment by Straight Talking English
AMA: What makes a good poem? by Straight Talking English
AMA: Was Marlowe a better writer than Shakespeare? by Straight Talking English
AMA: Why is important to consider intersectionality in female representations in literature? by Straight Talking English
AMA: What do you consider to be Shakespeare's most distinctive work? by Straight Talking English
AMA: What is Magic Realism? by Straight Talking English
AMA: What's the difference between fantasy and sci-fi? by Straight Talking English
Season Four Episode Twenty Six: The final poems. by Straight Talking English
Season Four Episode Twenty Five: Daljit Nagra's 'Singh Song' by Straight Talking English
Season Four Episode Twenty-Four: Carol Ann Duffy's 'Before You Were Mine' by Straight Talking English
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Season Four Episode Twenty One: John Agard's 'Checking Out Me History' by Straight Talking English
Season Four Episode Twenty: Carol Rumens' 'Emigree' by Straight Talking English
Season Four Episode Nineteen: Beatrice Garland's 'Kamikaze' by Straight Talking English
Season Five Episode Eighteen: Carol Ann Duffy's 'War Photographer' by Straight Talking English
Season Four Episode Seventeen: Charles Causley and 'Eden Rock' by Straight Talking English
Season Four Episode Sixteen: Cecil Day Lewis' 'Walking Away' by Straight Talking English
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BONUS EPISODE: St Patrick's Day Special feat. Hollyzone History by Straight Talking English
Season Four Episode Nine: Thomas Hardy's Neutral Tones by Straight Talking English
Season Four Episode Eight: Percy Shelley and Love's Philosophy by Straight Talking English
ANNIVERSARY BONUS: Interview with poet Lola Oh by Straight Talking English
Season Four Episode Seven: Percy Shelley's Ozymandias by Straight Talking English
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Season Four Episode Six: Robert Browning, 'Porphyria's Lover' and 'My Last Duchess' by Straight Talking English
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Season Four Episode Five: Elizabeth Barrett Browning & Sonnet 29 by Straight Talking English
Season Four Episode Four: Byron's When We Two Parted. by Straight Talking English
ANNIVERSARY BONUS: Interview with linguist Marcello Giovanelli by Straight Talking English
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