By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University) ‘Killing Me Softly with His Song’ is a well-known song that has most famously been recorded by Roberta Flack and (under the shorter title ‘Killing Me Softly’) by the Fugees, who gave the song a hip-hop twist and, in doing so, brought the track […]
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10 of the Best Mother-Daughter Poems
By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University) Some of the greatest poets in the English language have penned moving poems to their mothers. Similarly, many great poets who are also mothers in their own right have celebrated and praised their own daughters in their verse, composing heartfelt poems to the women […]
The Curious Meaning of Nirvana’s ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’
By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University) Is ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’, Nirvana’s best-known song and the anthem of the short-lived grunge movement, a song about revolution, music, or losing one’s virginity? How can we pin down the meaning of this iconic song with its suggestive but rather opaque lyrics? The […]
The Meaning of ‘It Is Easier for a Camel to Go Through the Eye of a Needle’
By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University) ‘It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.’ This famous biblical quotation is found in the Gospels, in Matthew 19:24, Mark 10:25, and Luke 18:25. Jesus […]
A Summary and Analysis of the Hyacinth Myth
How did hyacinths, the popular flowers, get their name? And what have they to do with homoerotic love, wind, discuses, and Greek mythology? As ever, we’re here to answer these questions, by taking a closer look at the classical myth of Hyacinth and how he came to give his name […]