I’ve always believed that history teaches us more than self-help books. When I read a book on Roosevelt by Edmund Morris or watch a series of MasterClass lectures on U.S. Presidential History from the Pulitzer-winning Doris Kearns Goodwin, I’m partly inspired by the entertainment value. Enduring, riveting, dramatic stories of real life heroes conquering peaks […]
Neil deGrasse Tyson Teaches Scientific Thinking MasterClass Review
Neil deGrasse Tyson begins his MasterClass on Scientific Thinking with a guarantee. The most important moments of your life are decided not by what you know but by how you think. And this MasterClass is aimed at rewiring your brain for thought. That’s the marvel of science literacy. It gives you the ability to solve […]
How to Argue and Win Every Time by Gerry Spence (Review)
“How do I not be nervous?” I hear that a lot. It’s a common question from the people who come to me for advice about getting into top universities. What they’re really asking is how they can not feel fear. But it’s not socially acceptable to admit you’re scared. Saying you’re nervous is a lot […]
Chris Voss Teaches the Art of Negotiation MasterClass Review
FBI agent and one of the world’s top hostage negotiators Chris Voss, author of the book most recommended to me, Never Split The Difference, officially has released my favourite new MasterClass: The Art of Negotiation. In an electrifying, tense, cinematic opening, Voss tells us: There are human nature rules that apply to everyone. It doesn’t […]
How to Read the Complete Works of Shakespeare in a Year (Recommended Reading Order)
So you want to read the entire works of Shakespeare in a year. A very worthy literary challenge. And a rewarding challenge too! One that I completed myself almost a decade ago. The English Language and Literature course at Oxford University demands you read everything the Bard ever wrote in your final year. It was […]
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde: The Evil In Us All (VIDEO)
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is one of the most impactful books I’ve ever read. It consolidated a lot of ideas about the nature of evil and addiction, and moved me so much I was compelled to make the second video on the Hardcore Literature channel about the novella. I’m still getting to grips with […]
Skillshare Review (2019) Is It Worth It?
I finally signed up to Skillshare for four reasons: A contact at the company reached out and asked if I’d like to teach a course. Obviously I had to see what kind of courses were the norm over there before formulating my own. Thomas Frank’s course looked extremely valuable. The catalogue as a whole looked […]
How Ted Hughes Writes A Poem: Bayonet Charge (VIDEO)
I’m playing around with starting a YouTube channel, a little side project, and I just put out my first video. This one is a quick analysis of Ted Hughes’ poem ‘Bayonet Charge’, which you might find useful if you’re doing the Power and Conflict module for GCSE English Literature. Or maybe you just enjoy thinking […]
How to Read like Montaigne (8 Deep Reading Techniques)
Many extol the virtues of reading, but few teach you how to read effectively. Reading challenges abound online where quantity is the measure of success. Read-a-book-a-week challenges. Read a hundred books a year! But where are the calls for the most rewarding style of reading of all – deep reading? For the large majority of […]
How To Read Poetry
When you read a poem, you’re reading pure experience packaged up in the wrapping of the poet’s personality. Keats makes you see, hear, and feel the nightingale and all the accompanying thoughts and feelings the bird sparked in him. The poem then becomes an overflowing well of feeling from which you can drink and become […]
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