- Take a guided, visual tour to the heart of literary Britain

- Discover relevant facts and information about some of the giants of

English literature and their works as well as some myth-busting

and controversy

- Get ideas, suggestions and lessons for using fiction, plays and

poetry effectively in class

Literary Britain will provide:

A literary tour of Oxford - see the real Narnia. Follow Tolkien & CS

Lewis (Inspector Morse makes a guest appearance!).

Views of the landscape that inspired Wordsworth and the Lakeland

poets. Who really wrote Daffodils?

The Brontës’ Yorkshire scenery. Did Wuthering Heights exist?

Images of the sites that inspired Bram Stoker’s Dracula

An insight into the Dorset of Thomas Hardy

Controversial theories about the Shakespeare conspiracy

What the Dickens! A look at literary London*

From TV: - Little Britain; a true picture of contemporary English?

- What can we learn from 150 murders in Midsomer?

And finally, Eats, Roots and Leaves - a look at grammar ’rules.’

Not just talk. Hundreds of photos and images bring alive the literary

landscape.