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Wanderers They Knew Not Where (32).

April 27, 2012

Had nature, in that deep hour, become a worshipper in the house, which man had builded? Or was that heavenly …

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The Misadventures of Athelstan Digby, by W.F. Harvey (3/20).

April 27, 2012

“THE HOME-COMING OF PHILIP” (1/2). [The two recent editions of William Fryer Harvey’s short stories from Tartarus Press and Wordsworth …

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Christian Theology and the Easter Bunny.

April 6, 2012

The first missionaries to set foot in Anglo-Saxon England attempted to render Christmas and the celebration of Christ’s resurrection satisfactory …

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A Critical Assessment of Mario Puzo’s The Godfather.

February 29, 2012

Perhaps literary connoisseurs such as we should remain wary of Mario Puzo‘s The Godfather. It is admittedly an expertly plotted …

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Book Review: Daphne Du Maurier’s Rebecca.

February 19, 2012

[The following contains spoilers.] Daphne Du Maurier’s Rebecca (1938) is often presumed to be a retelling of Charlotte Bronte’s Jane …

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Postscript in an Uncertain Hand.

November 4, 2011

Tomasz Korcz had ducked out of the party to retrieve an envelope of vitamins from his home. The house seemed …

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Tychy@ the Fringe: Darkness.

August 10, 2011

[The following contains spoilers.] Tension is a troublesome spirit for any play to raise, as it can wreak havoc if …

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Tychy@ the Fringe: Chasing Dragons.

August 4, 2011

Tychy is initially inclined to take a back seat in this review, in a quite literal sense, for I have …

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The Enchanted Forest.

May 4, 2011

Over a hundred miles of forest waited for us, every leaf and twig ready to be picked up and inspected. …

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Tourist Review (6): John Knox House.

April 2, 2011

“A tense, musty, unignorable silence/ Brewed God knows how long. Hatless, I take off/ My cycle-clips in awkward reverence.” It …

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The MANSIZE Companion to Robin Jenkins’ The Cone-Gatherers.

March 11, 2011

[MANSIZE is Tychy’s new student support resource, which provides an alternative to the English Literature study aids on the BBC’s …

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An Idle Comparison of Cormac McCarthy’s The Road and Emma Donoghue’s Room.

January 12, 2011

[The following contains plot spoilers.] When reflecting upon the making of her Booker Prize nominated bestseller Room (2010) for the …

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Fixed.

October 19, 2010

In the distracted, half-aimless way that she does these things, Tori had decided to set up a brand new company. …

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Tychy@ the Fringe: Hildegard of Bingen.

August 15, 2010

Perhaps the most satisfying variety of solo show is that such as the one written and performed by Linn Maxwell …

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The Haunted Ball.

April 19, 2010

I had coffee with my friend Anna in the Bongo Club today, and she told me an interesting story. The …

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