This surreal image by Teun Hocks depicts a lone, pyjama-clad figure walking through a painted scene during a fierce storm. The feeling of movement and the gusting storm is created through the flailing scarf and hat, blown off the man’s head. The candle flame, however, seems unaffected by the turmoil, burning strong and steady, unwavering. [...]

“Dali Atomicus” is one of the great surreal photographs of its time. Taken in 1948 it depicts the famous surrealist Salvador Dali and two of his paintings. A dynamic space has been created, full of movement and suspension; although the fast shutter speed has frozen the immense action in place. “Fox Games” also depicts frozen [...]

Extracts B and C represent only a tiny sample of literature relating to one of the most written about and well remembered subjects of 20th Century literature, World War I. Despite having a concurrent theme, war literature, specifically regarding The First World War, is filled with contrasts, differing opinions and ways of presenting the same [...]