Year 13 - Read, Watch, Visit | St Edward's School

	English (English Literature: Shakespeare's 'The Tempest')	Sociology (Theory and Debates)
Something to Read/Listen to	University of Oxford Podcasts Listen to the brilliant University of Oxford lectures by Emma Smith on Approaching Shakespeare. The series aims to show the variety of different ways we might understand Shakespeare, the kinds of evidence that might be used to strengthen our critical analysis, and, above all, the enjoyable and unavoidable fact that Shakespeare's plays tend to generate our questions rather than answer them.	Why do Buses Come in Threes? by Rob Easterway
Something to Watch	Hamnet Hamnet is a 2025 biographical historical tragedy film directed by Chloé Zhao, who co-wrote the screenplay with Maggie O'Farrell, based on the 2020 novel by O'Farrell. The film dramatises the family life of William Shakespeare and his wife Agnes Hathaway as they cope with the death of their 11-year-old son Hamnet.	Search the specific topic on the following websites: YouTube - BicenMaths Exam Solutions
Somewhere to Visit	A few years ago a local theatre company re-imagined 'The Tempest' and performed it on Portland. An island, like Brownsea or Portland, or even the beach on our doorstep is a great place to imagine this play coming to life.	Professor Povey's Perplexing Problems

English

(English Literature: Shakespeare's 'The Tempest')

Sociology

(Theory and Debates)

Something to Read/Listen to

Listen to the brilliant University of Oxford lectures by Emma Smith on Approaching Shakespeare. The series aims to show the variety of different ways we might understand Shakespeare, the kinds of evidence that might be used to strengthen our critical analysis, and, above all, the enjoyable and unavoidable fact that Shakespeare's plays tend to generate our questions rather than answer them.

Why do Buses Come in Threes? by Rob Easterway

Something to Watch

Hamnet

Hamnet is a 2025 biographical historical tragedy film directed by Chloé Zhao, who co-wrote the screenplay with Maggie O'Farrell, based on the 2020 novel by O'Farrell. The film dramatises the family life of William Shakespeare and his wife Agnes Hathaway as they cope with the death of their 11-year-old son Hamnet.

Search the specific topic on the following websites:

YouTube - BicenMaths

Exam Solutions

Somewhere to Visit

A few years ago a local theatre company re-imagined 'The Tempest' and performed it on Portland. An island, like Brownsea or Portland, or even the beach on our doorstep is a great place to imagine this play coming to life.

Professor Povey's Perplexing Problems