The Forces Within Marvel's Film 'Doctor Strange'
One of the things that hard to believe about Doctor Strange , the 2016 American superhero film produced by Marvel Studios is that it is...
The Strange Case of Jekyll and Hyde
In many ways, Robert Louis Stevenson’s novella The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde  is an early example of an Irony, a precursor...
'All Shall Be Well' - the Conclusion of 'Little Gidding'
As previously discussed, poetry lies at one end of a spectrum: poems are by definition highly precise, usually much shorter,...
Encouraging the 'Muse'
Writers, who is it that writes?  The most infamous and annoying question asked of writers is ‘Where do you get your ideas from?’ It may...
'Little Gidding' and History
Eliot continues the theme of reconciliation or transcendence of opposites introduced in the first two sections of Little Gidding  in the...
The Biggest Single Factor in Improving Learning
Volumes and volumes of opinion exist as to what gets results in education. A rapid consultation of newspapers, political statements, even...
The Origins of Doctor Strange
Doctor Strange’s very earliest appearance in July 1963 was in the pages of Strange Tales #110. His original run, drawn by his creator,...
The Enchantment of Storytelling
Outlining a theory of how stories really work  - a theory which exposes an underlying force or set of forces at work in fiction in the...