We’re deep-diving into Nietzsche’s Thus Spoke Zarathustra and talking about justice, revenge, power, virtue, and virtue signalling, taking examples from the current year. Difficult discussion – and only part one of what I hope to be a long Nietzsche-focused series – but don’t get it twisted. There’s stuff that sounds controversial, and Nietzsche has long been […]
‘Love Among the Ruins’ by Robert Browning: Poetry Reading (Video)
‘Love Among the Ruins’ is the first poem to kick off a series of 51-poems in my favourite two-volume poetry collection by Robert Browning: Men and Women (1855). I’ll let you in on a little secret: My nerdy ambition is to record the ENTIRE poetry collection. This is a passion-project of mine and I’ll chip […]
‘La Belle Dame sans Merci’ by John Keats: Poetry Reading (Video)
‘La Belle Dame sans Merci’ by John Keats is one of the most beautiful, heart-breaking poems I’ve ever read. Let me know if you want a break-down and analysis. For now, we read. ‘La Belle Dame sans Merci’ by John Keats La Belle Dame Sans Merci I. O WHAT can ail thee, knight-at-arms, Alone […]
‘Ode to a Nightingale’ by John Keats: Poetry Reading (Video)
‘Ode to a Nightingale’ by John Keats is my favourite poem of all time. I read it every few months and always find something new to fall deeply, madly in love with. Perhaps we’ll do an analysis of the poem sometime, but I’m worried. At best, picking apart the poem fails to do Keats justice. […]
Ezra Pound’s ‘In a Station of the Metro’ Poem Analysis (Video)
‘In a Station of the Metro’ by Ezra Pound is an incredibly short, but incredibly effective, representation of the Imagistic movement in poetry. This is basically what a haiku would look like rendered into English. The poem is also a perfect example of the three ways one can “charge language with meaning” and thus create […]
‘The Eagle’ by Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Poetry Analysis (Video)
Another day, another poem analysis. This one’s a short one, easy to memorise, called ‘The Eagle’ by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. I only expected to read it, but couldn’t help picking apart why it’s so poignant to me too. ‘The Eagle’ by Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Poetry Analysis What do you think of Tennyson’s ‘The Eagle’? He […]
How to Annotate Your Books for Effective Note-Taking (Video)
The question I get asked the most is: how do you mark and annotate your books for effective note-taking? Most readers are hesitant to begin marking their books, and I completely sympathise. It took me years before I realised that the sign of true love for a book, and respect for its author, is to […]
Imtiaz Dharker’s ‘Tissue’ Poem Analysis (Video)
‘Tissue’ by Imtiaz Dharker is the most feared poem in the GCSE Power and Conflict Anthology. But it happens to be my favourite poem out of the whole collection! And that’s saying something because the anthology has a stellar line-up. Some of my other personal favourites include Ted Hughes’ Bayonet Charge, Robert Browning’s My Last […]
Ted Hughes’ Bayonet Charge Analysis (Video)
I’ve already made a short video about Ted Hughes’ poem ‘Bayonet Charge’, but decided to do more of an off-the-cuff straight analysis of the poem. We’re reading ‘Bayonet Charge’ together, then we dive into a 47-minute line-by-line analysis. Let me know if you find this kind of analysis useful, interesting, or insightful in any way. […]
Aristotle’s Ethics: Courage, Temperance, Generosity (Podcast)
We’re expanding upon the first Aristotle Podcast today. If you listened to the first 30-minute show, you got a great grounding in Aristotle’s Ethics. You know about virtues, vices, habits, happiness, and living a life of meaning. But now it’s time to make all that practical. We’re now talking about how to become courageous and generous over […]
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