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How to Read and Perform Shakespeare

May 14, 2020 By Ben McEvoy

Don’t read Shakespeare through our modern lens. Understand the theatrical conventions of Shakespeare’s day, and you understand Shakespeare. One wouldn’t use Stanislavsky’s method acting to perform a play by Bertolt Brecht or Anton Artaud, and it just as quickly falls flat with Shakespeare. Those in the know cringe when those adapting Shakespeare believe all they […]

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Work Is Love Made Visible (Advice To Students #1)

May 14, 2020 By Ben McEvoy

This is part one in a new series called “Advice To Students”. Whether you’re studying in high school/secondary school, college/sixth form, or university, here are all the things I wish I had known back in the day. Mentioned in the video: Khalil Gibran’s The Prophet (link) Book review: The Prophet Book Review Listen to the podcast: […]

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What Kind of Email Newsletter Should You Start? (Video)

May 13, 2020 By Ben McEvoy

Make sure you check out the first video on starting an email newsletter before watching this one. What kind of email newsletter should you send? (Cliff Notes) Ask yourself: How can I give value to my subscribers? What would get them to sign up? Who is my ideal subscriber? Picture them. There has to be […]

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Oxbridge Studying Masterclass (New Free Video Course)

May 12, 2020 By Ben McEvoy

The Oxbridge Studying Masterclass: How to Study Like an A-Grade Student video course is free for you to stream now. Many people told me how helpful my first video course was (How to Write a Personal Statement for Elite Universities), so I thought I’d put another one together detailing my approach to studying. Schools and universities […]

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Why Start An Email Newsletter? (Video)

May 9, 2020 By Ben McEvoy

Starting an email newsletter is one of the most rewarding things you can do online. After managing multiple successful email newsletter campaigns for businesses in different industries over the years, not to mention getting great joy out of running my own email newsletter, I decided I want to teach you how to start your own […]

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Look Inside My MasterClass All Access Pass Area (Video)

May 6, 2020 By Ben McEvoy

Lockdown’s a great opportunity to finally grab that MasterClass All Access Pass membership you’ve been thinking about. If you’ve been wondering whether MasterClass is worth it, you’ve checked out my reviews and rankings of the best MasterClasses in order, and you still haven’t made the jump, maybe you need to see behind the scenes a […]

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How To Structure Your Studies + Sample Schedule (Video)

April 27, 2020 By Ben McEvoy

The best way to structure your studies actually leaves you studying for less time whilst being more effective. The structure and scheduling technique I followed during my Oxford University career (and to learn Japanese, computer coding, and much more) takes advantage of a killer psychological principle known as the primacy and recency effect. I discuss […]

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The Jekyll and Hyde Podcast

April 23, 2020 By Ben McEvoy

Today we’re talking about one of my top three favourite novellas of all time: Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson. For the record, my other favourite novellas are Heart of Darkness and The Old Man and the Sea, both of which we’ll deal with in a future episode of the […]

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How to Create a Compelling Syllabus (Pt.1: Mindset)

April 22, 2020 By Ben McEvoy

Syllabus creation is artistic output. Akin to ice sculpture, Cecchetti ballet, and bebop jazz. I used to pore over the syllabuses of Kurt Vonnegut, David Foster Wallace, and W.H. Auden. But even with these greats, even cerebrally salivating over their reading lists and essay assignments, I couldn’t help but feel as though something humanistic was […]

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How Powerful is an Oxford Degree? (Video)

April 22, 2020 By Ben McEvoy

Oxford brand name aside, if you’re going to get into tens of thousands of pounds worth of debt and sacrifice at least three years of your life, you want to know if the piece of paper you’ll get at the end of it is worth. So, as part of the big Oxford Q&A, I decided […]

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Benjamin McEvoy

I write essays on great books, elite education, practical mindset tips, and living a healthy, happy lifestyle. I'm here to help you live a meaningful life.

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