Billericay School – SpeakUp!

Hello I am Barnaby Walter, a former student of The Billericay School, and now honorary Film Critic and arts contributor to the Speak Up website. As of October, I will be doing a degree in English Literature & Film Studies at The University of Southampton, whilst Charlotte Ward, my fellow honorary contributor, will be starting [...]

Hello I am Barnaby Walter, a former student of The Billericay School, and now honorary Film Critic and arts contributor to the Speak Up website. As of October, I will be doing a degree in English Literature & Film Studies at The University of Southampton, whilst Charlotte Ward, my fellow honorary contributor, will be starting [...]

Now, I’m sure Martine McCutcheon is a lovely, lovely woman. I’m sure she’s brought joy to the lives of millions of musical lovers, Eastenders fans and Love Actually obsessers. But she can’t write to save her life. This book, released last year, is dreadful. She’s been on chat shows plugging it, and has mentioned that [...]

I love it when The Man Booker Prize announces their shortlist, detailing the books the judges believe to be the past year’s best works of fiction. I usually try to read the books on the shortlist (though never manage to read them all) and before the prestigious title of “Booker Winner” is bestowed upon one [...]