Quote of the Week

“Praise bounteous
providence if you will
that grants even an ogre
a tiny glow-worm
tenderness”
Chinua Achebe, Vultures

Vultures is a poem about the profusion of love in unexpected places. I like to think that humanity, love (even if just for those closest to you, even if for just one person) and kindness exist in the coldest hearts. The poem is featured in GCSE English AQA anthologies in a cluster of poems from other cultures. Achebe is a Nigerian essayist, author and poet. His most famous work is Things Fall Apart (1958), a critique on British colonialism in Nigeria and its effects on the native Igbo culture.

More Guardian Local articles

Review of William Control’s Hate Culture / Diamonds in the Dark / List of Christmas films that are less crap than “Will You Merry Me”

I am going to move the Register Czar, my two-week old literature blog, over to for-aell.net. Starting with: some links.

My Guardian Local articles
Teacher prevents students from holding charity gig for Help for Heroes / College students plan to run London Marathon 2010 dressed as lungs / Watchmen review / Mercedes Benz World!

Recommended
Craig Clevenger’s short story, Mother Howl, which can only be described as a post-modern extravaganza complete with Greek mythology, extended metaphors and absolutely no speech marks.

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