

Developing a Business Narrative
Writing and selling books is a business, whether you like it or not. The writing is where the product is created; the selling is a...


What Type of Organisation is Yours?
There are three basic types of businesses: those which are driven by products, those which are driven by markets, and those which are...


The Silent Planet
Out of the Silent Planet  was Lewis’s first attempt to use the tool of a novel to try to convey to an audience something of his...


C. S. Lewis's First Novel: 'Almost Felt, Wholly Imagined'
Out of the Silent Planet , published in 1938, was Lewis’s first novel and our first glimpse of how he would use fiction to express what...


Comedy in 'The Importance of Being Earnest'
Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest  is presented as being a traditional comedy, displaying notable features of slapstick, farce and...


How the Universe Really Works
Most of us have heard of the Four Elements - Earth, Water, Air, and Fire - and probably believe that the mediaeval philosophers thought...


The 'Model' of the Mediaeval World
Preface to Paradise Lost, The Allegory of Love , and English Literature in the Sixteenth Century Excluding Drama  are all academic works...


5 Tips to Boost Your Confidence as a Writer
Writing fiction is a wonderful but delicate thing. We need a certain amount of confidence in order to be able to spend time putting what...


What is Father Christmas doing in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe?
What is Father Christmas doing in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe ? Â Why do Silenus, satyrs (fauns) and other creatures from...

