On these beautiful long summer evenings, I often go for walks to admire the sunset. It is at these moments that I occasionally get nostalgia
📕 ‘You have moral and literary tastes in common. You have both warm hearts and benevolent feelings; and, Fanny, who that heard him read, and
📗 But the effect of her being on those around her was incalculably diffusive: for the growing good of the world is partly dependent on
It goes without saying (it is obvious) today’s literary author is a well-known figure, someone whom you have undoubtedly heard of before: William Shakespeare. You
If you have been following my Short Lessons for a while, you might remember that every so often I like to return to the poetry
In light of the ongoing war and widespread migration of refugees throughout Europe, many of us are reconsidering what languages we are studying and why.
📘 “We got together in a few days a company of the toughest old salts imaginable – not pretty to look at, but fellows, by
It has been quite a long time since we enjoyed a poem together. One that comes to mind from time to time, and which seems
In light of the recent events that are taking place in Ukraine even as I write, I have been reflecting a lot on how the