InI like to watch… ShakespearebyBlair Mahoney·Apr 11, 2023Farewell to Falstaff: Henry IV, Part TwoIn my instalment on Henry IV, Part One, I claimed that it “is Shakespeare’s most perfectly constructed play.” What to make, then, of this…
Blair Mahoney·Jul 25, 2022The MHS World Cup of Literature 2022: Round 1 Match — Belarus v SpainIt’s time for another instalment of the MHS World Cup of Literature, which I last ran in 2020. This year, I have fifteen students in my…
Blair Mahoney·Jul 10, 2022What I’ve been reading in 2022It’s (just over) half way through the year, so it’s a good chance to take stock of what I’ve been reading and what the highlights have been…
Blair Mahoney·Jun 14, 2022Writing for Wikipedia: a collaborative task for Year 9 English studentsI’ve long been a fan of Wikipedia, which is almost certainly ‘the last best place on the Internet.’ I’m also a big believer in giving…A response icon1A response icon1
InI like to watch… ShakespearebyBlair Mahoney·Dec 29, 2021Falstaff as fail-safe: The Merry Wives of WindsorThere is a legend that has grown around this play that Queen Elizabeth was so taken with the character of Falstaff in Henry IV, Part One…
Blair Mahoney·Aug 22, 2021The alien world: searching for ‘living space’The law of life is movement. The circumscribed dies. Exodus is as necessary anywhere there is life, as ingress. We were the only British…A response icon1A response icon1
Blair Mahoney·Aug 10, 2021Commencing countdown, engines onApparently, for astronauts re-entering the Earth’s atmosphere in a Soyuz space capsule after a stay on the International Space Station, the…
InI like to watch… ShakespearebyBlair Mahoney·Jul 8, 2021Heir-raising exploits: Henry IV, Part OneOkay, let’s get the bold claim out there: this is Shakespeare’s most perfectly constructed play. Is it his best play? Not necessarily…A response icon2A response icon2
InExploring EkphrasisbyBlair Mahoney·Mar 17, 2021Ekphrastic wanderingsFor a number of years I’ve asked my students to write poems inspired by artworks. My initial incursions in this area came from my…
Blair Mahoney·Dec 20, 2020Re-membering the Past: The Phallic Afterlife of The 1,001 NightsI’d like to say a few words about the penis. I realise that it may not seem like the most polite way to start an article (or a…A response icon1A response icon1
