I am aware that the content of this blog is growing to alarming proportions. With this in mind, I have published some of the stimulus essays in a KINDLE edition book: http://www.amazon.co.uk/AO3-alternative-critical-challenge-GCSE-Students-ebook/dp/B00K0O76ZI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1398875222&sr=8-1&keywords=ao3+essays
My intention is that, for the cost of a bottle of wine or a couple of lattes (around £5), the essays can be easily accessed in one place. I will, in time, remove the essays from the blog, leaving a link in their place. 
Teachers and students alike, I hope you will download the book and find essays to stimulate discussion on many GCSE/A level and IBDP texts: Much Ado, Macbeth and Othello; OMAM, Inspector Calls, The Awakening, Hardy poetry and several more. If you do look at the book and enjoy the contents, please leave a review on Amazon.
Enjoy reading.
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