Podcast by Mr Baugh
17 November 2025
In this episode, we walk through the twelve most important quotations from Macbeth that every student should know before their mock exam. Each quotation is explored in play order, with clear context, precise word-level analysis, and ambitious thematic links across the play.
This episode will help you strengthen your understanding of Macbeth’s tragic journey—from heroic warrior to “dead butcher”—and give you the language and ideas needed to write confident, well-structured exam responses.
Perfect for last-minute revision ahead of Wednesday's mock exam!
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19 October 2025
A shorter, focused episode exploring Carol Ann Duffy’s War Photographer and the emotional, moral, and psychological effects of war. Includes title analysis, three key quotations with word-level exploration, and comparison links to Remains, Poppies, Exposure, and Bayonet Charge from the AQA Power and Conflict anthology.
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18 October 2025
In this episode of Study Sessions, we turn to Week 6 and the description of a hot air balloon scene. The episode takes our typical approach to idea generation from the stimulus image, before moving onto the AQA descriptive cycle. Use this episode, in conjunction with your teacher's gold dust on Google Classroom, to produce a highly-successful descriptive response! Handout link here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pPkhtcuDgtbyIeC_q4DtYpWQU5Ea2NbY/view?usp=drive_link
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13 October 2025
In this episode of The Key Three, we explore the key themes of happiness and joy in A Christmas Carol, considering how they link to Dickens' overall message of social responsibility and compassion. From Fezziwig's warmth and generosity to the Cratchit's familiar love, we trace joy and happiness across the entirety of the key. Use this episode as part of your homework preparation and revision!
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10 October 2025
In this week's video, I cover some misconceptions around present participles and tense, how to avoid writing a cliched horror story instead of an original description, and how we might plan and sequence our responses. The link to the slides used in this video, including all the sentence scaffolds, is available here.
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06 October 2025
In this episode of Study Sessions: The Key Three, I'm exploring our Week 5 homework comparing the power of nature in Storm on the Island and The Prelude. In this episode, I recap both poems, their titles and three essential quotations from both texts. Using this episode to support your homework completion will ensure you are practising being successful in your responses. Don't forget that we have our mock exams straight after the October break, and poetry will feature! Rehearsing the approach needed when you're in the exam hall will make the whole experience far more valuable and far less daunting!
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