"I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of a Library." — Jorge Luis Borges
Reigate, United Kingdom
Joined September 2012
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THE MIRROR & THE LIGHT has won the £25,000 #WalterScottPrize for Historical Fiction 2021. "In 2010 Wolf Hall bowled us clean over," judges said. "This year The Mirror & the Light did the same. How lucky we are to live in the age of Hilary Mantel." bit.ly/WSP21win
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The cosiest comfort reads to curl up with this Christmas theguardian.com/books/2020/d… via @guardianreview
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This is the solstice, the still point
of the sun, its cusp and midnight,
the year’s threshold
and unlocking, where the past
lets go of and becomes the future;
the place of caught breath, the door
of a vanished house left ajar
Margaret Atwood
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Today is the #WinterSolstice in the northern hemisphere – the shortest day of the year 🌛
This charming woodcut print by Finnish artist Aukusti Tuhka shows the Aurora borealis against a dark sky, with two reindeer-drawn sledges ❄ ow.ly/fuMR30rnPfx
ALT A black and white print showing the Aurora borealis in the sky, with two reindeer drawn sledges on the snowy ground below.
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Born #OnThisDay in 1546 was Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe. He is well known for his documentation of what we now know to be a supernova in 1572 - below right you can see a figure of the 'new star', or 'nova' from Brahe's 1573 work De nova stella. #Astronomy
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Advent is the start of a new liturgical year. Here are some different ways in which medieval liturgical manuscripts mark that beginning - a visual celebration of turning over a new leaf.
(Trinity College Dublin, MS.81; Bodleian MS. Laud Misc. 282; BL MS. Arundel 109 & Add.52359)
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📢We're delighted to announce that the winning entries in the 2020 #SSTPoetryPrize are now live on our site! Congratulations to all the winners in this year of record entries and submitted languages! #poetryprize #translation
stephen-spender.org/spender_…
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One week to go until the next Professor of #Poetry lecture with Alice Oswald on 12 Nov, hosted by @TORCHOxford. The lecture will be live on YouTube at 5pm. Bookmark the page now! #AliceOswald #poems youtu.be/UvqcHX37s2Q
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For First to Fifth Form who enjoy creative writing. Please talk to your history teacher if interested!
nationalarchives.gov.uk/educ…
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Next Thursday's Novel Approach for RGS Lower Sixth is exploring vampire literature - there's something to be fangful for...
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Interesting thought to consider when reading the GCSE Literature texts... Macbeth, Lord of the Flies, Jekyll&Hyde - "it is in the void of thought that evil is born"
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an Anglo-Saxon poem I have always loved - its meanings elusive like the dawnlight...
The Wife’s Lament
We hope you enjoy this beautiful medieval poem about isolation! Eleanor Parker discusses the poem
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We are delighted to share with you the RGS Virtual Art Exhibition 2020 showcasing the wonderful work from First Form all the way through to Upper Sixth Art and Photography. We are of course very proud of our hardworking and inspirational students youtu.be/0ZzrU7Zp1z4
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this points to real value of our discussion of ideas in the English classroom - it's not just the books the students come to understand better but each other and the world they live in.
"87% of members say they have a better understanding of other points of view because of being in a reading group."
Before National Reading Group Day tomorrow, we're delighted to announce the findings of our recent reading group survey ow.ly/2VlV50AbxFS #NRGD20
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Today @HarlequinTheat was to host a celebration for #youngwriters from the area. We look forward to you re-opening. We managed a wee fuss despite lockdown. Thanks to all #community . Our winner here with @CrispinBlunt. Thanks @Cllr_Rich @RodAshford @BelfryShopping @StripeyStork – at Redhill, South East
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Congratulations to @anthony_mcgowan and #ShaunTan! Our 2020 Winners of the Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals! Find out more at carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/cil… #CKG20 #BestChildrensBooks
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The 2020 CILIP Carnegie Medal goes to Lark! Congratulations @anthony_mcgowan! @BarringtonStoke #CKG20 #BestChildrensBooks
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This cartoon somehow seems even more relevant to me - Tom Gauld on how librarians might take over the world – cartoon theguardian.com/books/pictur…
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Please help @ScienceRGS and @RoyalAstroSoc measure the size of the Earth this weekend by taking part in the Citizen Science 'Solstick' experiment: schoolsobservatory.org/solst….
