Weekly Twitter Summary

1.  'How English became the world's language' : http://bit.ly/9I1oad 
2. 'Four go mad in Gatwick': Rave review for Alan Warner's new novel- http://bit.ly/cUwG8c 
3. Dr Ewan Fernie on the demonic in Macbeth - podcast part of a NEW series giving background to the plays http://bit.ly/ao0aSz. 
4. 'King Lear' podcast 5 now available on SCC English blog: 'blindness and seeing in the play'. http://bit.ly/duSLIq 
5. Animal Allotment. #lesserbooks 
6. WILLIS MEMORIAL SHAKESPEARE PRIZE: congratulations to the winner, Fiona Boyd. 
7. A new essay on the late Alan Sillitoe, and 'The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner': http://bit.ly/d35d8Z 
8. Poetry - there's an app for that. @PoetryFound launches free iPhone app http://bit.ly/cZOCtZ http://bit.ly/ahalm7. 
9. A tenderly-written, haunting masterpiece: review of Gerbrand Bakker's 'The Twin': http://bit.ly/a4rdKE 
10. Is the internet doing real harm to our brains? http://bit.ly/94ZT8j 
11. Looking forward to rereading: RT @GuardianBooks: JG Farrell's Lost Man Booker prize for Troubles- literary resurrection http://bit.ly/aQRRkW 
12.  18 Novels set in Boarding Schools (revised): http://bit.ly/bM06bZ 1
13. The Poetry Society's Poem of the Month is Dennis O'Driscoll's 'Revenue Choir': http://bit.ly/boTkBo 
14. Just sent off for test copies of our second book from @Luludotcom. Excitement! 
15. '5 Things You Didn't Know about the Romantics': http://bit.ly/coTAxZ 
16. Peter Dix Memorial Prize for Poetry. Winner 2010 - Olivia Plunket: http://bit.ly/cvF1e3 
17. Podcast on War Poetry from Sunday Times Literary Festival feat. Tim Kendal and Jon Stallworthy now online: http://bit.ly/bFehbB. 
18. Well introduced Simon, and ta for the mention! RT @simonmlewis: New Post:: Twitter Workshop Podcast http://www.anseo.net/?p=2890 
19. The new Faber Podcast features historian James Shapiro and novelist Maria McCann - listen at http://bit.ly/dgzRbf. 
20. [ Her book 'Venice' still shines after all these years] A Perpetual Love Affair – Jan Morris's Venice http://bit.ly/dh9ggL RT @GuardianBooks 
21. 'How to Name a Volcano' from The Oatmeal: http://bit.ly/9YGosH 
22. Recommending our art department colleagues' blog: lots of lovely work - http://bit.ly/4xrpBm 
23. 7 revision podcasts on 'Macbeth': http://bit.ly/cz2FeG