Monthly Archives: June 2025

Children’s Lit in the Golden Age

In “Children’s Book” Byatt explores why the Edwardian age was such a rich time for children’s lit.

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Byatt and Childhood Memories

A.S. Byatt’s Children’s Book has me revisiting my Edwardian upbringing and the books from that period that my father read to me.

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Trumpists Edge Closer to 1984

The Education secretary telling universities they should be in sync with the administration’s goals is further proof that it is following Big Brother’s playbook: Ignorance is strength.

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