Wanna make a difference in the lives of those less fortunate? Tired of charities that lie about how much of the proceeds actually go to the cause? Prefer to use your money to positively encourage those with potential rather than enable those without? Then you might just love Kiva. Kiva Review Kiva is a service […]
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 […]
10 Books Of Poetry Every Literature Lover Will Treasure
The key to happiness is to read poetry every day of your life. Poetry soothes the soul. It helps you understand pain, connects you to a pool of universal humanity, and nourishes every thought and feeling. Poetry is the perfect companion to love, lust, and loss. I couldn’t imagine a bedside table without a stack […]
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 […]
Joker (2019) Film Review – Should You See It?
“What did you think of Joker?” “Sick,” I said. “Sickest thing I’ve ever seen.” “So it’s a bad movie?” That’s a question to which I struggle to find a straightforward answer. It depends what you mean by bad. Technically on almost every level Joker is a great film. Todd Phillips’ nuanced direction, Joaquin Phoenix’s mesmerising acting, […]
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 […]
An Open Letter to the Young, Lost, and Depressed
You’ve been wandering around in a haze, my friend. When I look at you, I feel like Ginsberg who saw the best minds of his generation destroyed by madness. You say everything is meaningless, but you don’t believe that. That’s not why you numb yourself with drugs and alcohol. It’s because you’re scared and insecure. […]
My Psychic Medium Experience
The highlight of my psychic medium experience was undoubtedly when the medium approached a morbidly obese woman with crutches by her side and let loose this gem: “You have problems with your hips don’t you?” “Yes, I do,” the obese woman said, nodding enthusiastically. “And trouble sleeping?” “Oh, yes. I’ve recently been diagnosed with diabetes.” […]
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