English Faculty Recommended Reads: Wk beginning 29th June
‘Brighton Rock’ (1938) by Graham Greene ‘Heaven was a word: hell was something he could trust.’ This fast-paced thriller is one of Greene’s most famous novels. It tells the tale...
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‘Brighton Rock’ (1938) by Graham Greene
‘Heaven was a word: hell was something he could trust.’

This fast-paced thriller is one of Greene’s most famous novels. It tells the tale of a gang war that is raging through the dark underworld of Brighton. Seventeen-year-old Pinkie, malign and ruthless, has killed a man and thinks he can get away with it…
Reading through History Reading has long been seen as a source of ‘solace, consolation and healing throughout history.’ Helen Mary Gaskell set up a War Library in 1914 (after...
This week’s featured book, Girl, Boy, Sea, is the perfect example of why we should never judge a book by its cover; our group felt the design suggests a book aimed at younger...