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Jack Lowden


Ivor Novello and Siegfried Sassoon

Whilst poetry today is normally consigned to the specialist sections of bookstores, if stocked at all, at the time of World War I it was still popular. Especially in the upper echelons of society. There were more than two thousand war poets from Britain and Ireland alone and their verses in many ways brought the …

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Class has been a large part of British society for generations. Whilst the upper-classes may now be struggling to pay for their stately homes, if they haven’t already sold them off to the National Trust, they’re still living a life full of privilege and opportunity. However, the fragmenting of the landed gentry and degrading of …

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If you ask a group of people who their favourite band of all time is, it’s likely that a fair few will respond with ‘The Smiths’. Whilst Morrissey is now a sad parody of his former self, there’s no denying that, regardless of your thoughts on the man, they produced some cracking songs. Indeed, there’s …

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