This poem explores the emotions and last movements of the Utah miners killed in the Mine Tragedy. It is a tribute both to their bravery and that of their heroic rescue team,some of whom lost their own lives in the cause of trying to save the lives of others.

This article explores the use of perfume in Elizabethan England.The prestige and respect afforded to different fragrances and flowers is considered in terms of romance,health,hygeine, heraldry and the history of the English throne. Elizabethan tastes are contrasted with some of the big fragrance names of today.

This article reflects with both sorrow and optimism on the sadness of lives that have been lived and left, with no memorial to mark their passing. These issues are considered in the light of the seminal English poetic work which generated a whole new genre of poetry and a new class of writers, ‘The Graveyard Poets.’ Thomas Gray’s own views as expressed in his ‘Elegy Written In A Country Churchyard’ are examined and compared optimistically to the more high-tech memorial solutions we have open to us today.

This article highlights Shakespeare’s use of animal imagery in Othello. The phrase “The Beast With Two Backs” is a powerful piece of innuendo first noted in 1532. Shakespeare uses it in this play to engender revulsion in both character and audience as they imagine the love scenes between black Othello and white Desdemona, his wife. The conniving Iago builds upon it to erode trust between the newly-weds and to destroy their delight in each other. The significance of the number of backs specified is explored in terms of Iago´s success in this goal.