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You may not know this but onions do have a heart. In fact they know far more than we give them credit for as this story will show. Tony Cliff… Read More »English Creative Writing Bolton, Manchester, Bury: The onion.
All life takes place somewhere. Whatever is happening or has happened, took place in some form of setting and our expectations and attitudes towards both characters and tale originate in a place/space. … Read More »English Tuition Manchester, Bolton and Bury: How to create a setting -Master Class by Daphne Du Maurier.
“There is a loneliness that can be rocked. Arms crossed, knees drawn up, holding, holding on, this motion, unlike a ship’s, smooths and contains the rocker. It’s an inside kind–wrapped… Read More »Toni Morrison’s Beloved: Visceral Language! GCE/Undergraduate English Tuition
Wolf Tales. In 2007 as examples for my English Tuition/tutoring in Bolton/Manchester, I wrote a few short prose poems( if that is what they were) about wolves, inspired in part by a visionary scene… Read More »Creative Writing Bolton, Manchester: Wolf Tales Revisited.
Anti clockwise tales that’s what we need, that’s why we are here. Kelly Jenkins and her clique tossed back their hair and headed for the common room. Why would such… Read More »English tuition Manchester and Bolton: The Anti-clockwise tale EIGHT!
We are now on the verge of 2014 and as we contemplate the innate hope suggested by a fresh new year, why not think of a wonderful ‘talismanic’ quotation to… Read More »”These fragments I have shored against my ruins”: Happy 2014 with one of greatest lines in poetry?
This is another old piece of writing. I enjoyed creating George because his idealism and awkwardness seemed very human and tinged with sadness. Demeter seemed a character I never quite… Read More »GCSE English Tuition Bolton and Manchester: A Farewell and a Meeting
The Bangor writing course has reminded me of the importance of time travel in writing. Where a character may actually be in a literal sense may often seem far less… Read More »English Tuition Manchester and Bolton: Creative Writing- Amber time!
Not long ago we witnessed the final episode of Poirot, aptly named Curtains, where Poirot is reunited with Captain Hastings, once again at Styles, the setting of their very first… Read More »Suchet’s Farewell to Poirot:Review-The Prince of Dark Corners with a hint of Vermeer?
(This is a work in progress for a super creative writing course at Bangor University. The prompt for this piece came from Italo Calvino’s Invisible Cities. ) Guess the city?! Buried… Read More »Descriptive Writing Bolton and Manchester: English tuition GCSE/GCE/Undergraduate
Susan Hill’s The Woman in Black puzzles me. You will know that is a novel designed to scare you and that the ghost of the woman in black is capable… Read More »Susan Hill’s The Woman in Black: Why does death make the ghost so powerful?
It is but a glimpse of the world of fashion that we want on this same miry afternoon…. It is not a large world…. There is much good in it;… Read More »Descriptive Writing in Dickens’ Bleak House Chapter Two Analysis: Repetition and Trance.
The older we get, the more memory befriends our consciousness or even hijacks our thoughts away. If youth seems all about hurry and impatiently wishing for freedom from the regulations… Read More »Carol Ann Duffy ‘Dark School’-New Commentary and Analysis Revisited! English Tuition Bolton Manchester.
Mr Arkingstall was new. He had a prominent nose and a manner that I was precocious enough to report smug. Gone was the fascinating Mr Ottewell, back to Derbyshire in… Read More »English Tuition Bolton and Manchester: Reading Anchors-Erich Von Daniken’s Chariot of the Gods!
Here’s an easy trick to help you with your confidence. You can begin to use it more or less straight away and you will notice immediately as you use it… Read More »How perfume can help overcome your shyness through creating curiosity: The Magic of Arabian scent!
When from this wreathed tomb shall I awake! When move in a sweet body fit for life, And love, and pleasure, and the ruddy strife Of hearts and lips!… Read More »English Tuition Manchester and Bolton: Creative Writing inspired by Keats’ Lamia-the Anti-clockwise tale.
I first met Heathcliff one winter’s night in Chinley Women’s Institute. It was a wintry evening sometime in the 1960s and my seat was uncomfortable. Hot pot or pies… Read More »GCSE English tuition Manchester and Bolton: The Importance of Memory Anchors.
It’s the season of entrance examinations and timed assessments. Students often ask me how can you keep on writing when your mind goes blank, you can’t start or you just… Read More »Private English tutor Bolton, Manchester and Bury: Story Writing under pressure-How setting builds your narrative!
I have analysed this poem several times here on Tusitala, but after teaching it again a few days ago, I was struck powerfully by the importance of The River God’s… Read More »Stevie Smith The River God: Commentary and analysis of the ‘voice’ in the AQA poem using URIAH HEEP!
Are you dreaming of university or college, but faced with the grinding hurdles of DEMANDING examinations? Q: What can you do to boost your grades and confidence in your English studies right… Read More »Private English Tuition Manchester, Bolton and Bury: Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men- New Commentary on Curley’s Wife using strangeness and connection.
Tusitala English Tuition can make a real difference to your English studies and to your confidence. Imagine how easy it can be to discuss problems in your English Studies… Read More »Tusitala English Tuition in Bolton and Manchester: Expert coaching for communication, self expression and confidence!
Revisited Dickens’ The Signalman yet again, this time with my daughter who is studying for Key Stage 3. It’s a wonderfully dank tale: you feel the steady loss of light… Read More »Dickens’ The Signalman Commentary and NEW Analysis:” You must suffer me to go my own dark way.” Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde!
In an earlier article I talked about the misery of NON-PARTICIPATION. About how Shyness can seem a GRIM PRISON from which you may seem feel little chance of escape. You… Read More »Is Shyness a grim prison for you? Here’s ONE EASY way to break out!
Last week I enjoyed a most interesting ‘phone call with the life coach Fiona Harrold who asked me point blank if I had a system that helped students any differently… Read More »GCSE English Bolton, Manchester, Private English Tuition-Curley’s Wife Analysis-Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men: How to analyse a text through the magical filter of STRANGENESS!
Whilst on holiday this summer in Portugal, my two eldest nephews, Robert and Griffin, read David Almond’s The Savage at great speed and with vocal excitement ! Robert devoured the book… Read More »The Savage by David Almond:Analysis NEW- My two nephews Robert and Griffin discuss this marvellous book!
My son started University recently and as I watched all the new students alighting from cars and trains, dragging suitcases, duvets and buying pillows en masse from their new local… Read More »New Students Starting out at University and College? “To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is the only end of life.”
Bella owned a collection of watches that each told her the correct time when she checked them. If anyone else checked the watches they lay there lifeless, telling a fixed… Read More »English tuition Manchester, Bolton and Bury: Creative Writing-The Anticlockwise Tale SIX!
Q: What have all these students got in common? They are all smiling and look pleased to be participating in a group discussion. You can see a very noticeable change… Read More »Shyness can be overcome through simple techniques to improve your communication.
(I wrote this post a couple of years ago as shyness affects us all at times and when we are undergoing changes such as college or university, then our confidence… Read More »How to participate in group discussions when you are shy: 3 ideas to help you enjoy discussions.
”. What if you slept And what if In your sleep You dreamed And what if In your dream You went to heaven And there plucked a strange and beautiful… Read More »Our Curious Dreaming Existence: Are we …such stuff as dreams are made on..?
