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Just thought you’d like more examples of famous works which had to go through the Wall of Rejection first: From a rejection slip for...

​1. Read the list below of works that met with rejection long enough to kill them, except that they persisted.​ 2. Always have...

On a clear, starlit night, go outside and look at the stars. Try to imagine what it was like looking up at the night sky in Mediaeval...

Back in 2009, David Tennant was chosen as a 'dream headteacher’ in a survey of primary school children commissioned by the National...

Most Tolkien fanatics know about Glamdring, the ancient sword wielded by Gandalf during the War of the Ring and seen by most of us in...

Agatha Christie has sold more books than any other author on the planet, with estimations ranging from a hundred million to two billion...

For anyone who has always wanted to be a writer, the obstacles can sometimes seem impossible to overcome. It’s not a question of ‘How...

In the early 2000s, while teaching English Literature to a group of 14 year olds, I performed an experiment in two parts. Firstly, using...