Dealing with criticism

I was going to write a post this week about one of the hurdles that faces a lot of English (and indeed all humanities) students, namely, receiving negative essay feedback. Nobody likes it, but some deal with it better than others, and if you’re one of those who (like me) is definitely one of the…

How to write a personal statement for an English degree

It’s that time of year again. Personal statement writing time. The time when you go through your past reading and panic because you know nothing about 20th century plays, or the Metaphysical poets, or anything older than the 19th century apart from Shakespeare. Well, fear not. I’ve been there, and I came out the other…