Friendship is a slippery notion. We lose friends as we change and our friends don't, or as we form other alliances, or as we betray our friends or are ourselves...
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Along with Mother Courage, the character of Galileo is one of Brecht's greatest creations, immensely live, human and complex. Unable to resist his appetite for scientific investigation, Galileo's heretical discoveries...
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The plot is based on Thomas North's translation of Plutarch's Lives and follows the relationship between Cleopatra and Mark Antony from the time of the Sicilian revolt to Cleopatra's suicide...
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When Slade moves to Green Harbour with his mum and sort-of-step-dad Larry, the first person he meets is Mallory Garner. She is everything he isn't - rich, reserved and snobby...
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This series has been created to assist students of English in their understanding of set texts. Top Notes are easy to read, providing analysis of issues and discussion of important...