TL;DR A novel about work, resilience and trying to enjoy your lot in life. Saturday Night and Sunday Morning might best be known as the black and white kitchen-sink drama starring Albert Finney. Along with the likes of John Brain’s Room At The Top, John Osborne’s Look Back in Anger and Keith Waterhouse’s Billy Liar, … More Book review: Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (Alan Sillitoe, 1958)
Navigate the history of Dante’s epic poem The Divine Comedy in an exhibition which explores some important editions of the work from 15th century early printed books to the modern day. … More Exhibition review: Designing Dante (John Rylands Library, Manchester)
Is ignorance bliss? … More Book review: Billy Liar (Keith Waterhouse, 1959)
As society begins to open up, many are expressing a desire to cling on to their quiet lockdown lives. But will it last? … More Do less, better: Seclusion and society in the new normal
For the past year, I have been chipping away at a novel I am writing, and after a while of dissecting my subject I realised one of the major themes I wanted to explore is liminal spaces. A subject which seems as relevant for discussion now as ever. “A liminal space is the time between … More Liminality, character and identity in 2020
It’s fair to say the Harry Potter books were something of a success. And what greater honour to be attributed them than to be the subject of an exhibition at the British Library – next door to the inspiration for Platform 9 ¾, and within one mile of the publishing house that finally gave one JK … More Between authorship and readership: the British Library’s Harry Potter exhibition
The current exhibition on The Reformation at the John Rylands reminds us how much our language has gone through … More War of words: what The Reformation taught us about language
What the hell is mobile optimised content? Well, in 2016, Google announced that mobile had finally overtaken desktop with over 51% of searches performed on tablets and smartphones. What does that mean for your website? Simply: that it needs an overhaul to ensure you aren’t unwittingly deterring potential customers. Picture the scene You’ve spent hours fine-tuning your … More 9 tips to get mobile optimised content
Last week I wrote about what content marketers can learn from Brexit and the US election. But in the wake of Donald Trump becoming president-elect, something quite startling has emerged. Is it me or has he completely changed tack? Prior to his election, Donald Trump’s campaign was fought on vitriol and sensationalism. Since, there’s no … More Will Trump stay loyal to his brand?
At the start of 2016, we didn’t know that the UK would vote to leave the European Union and the US would vote Donald Trump over Hillary Clinton as their new president. But it’s happened, despite these two causes apparently being the rank outsiders. So what can your content marketing learn from their campaign techniques? … More What your content marketing can learn from Brexit and the US election
Wendy Woodhead 