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Breaking news:
Jo Cox: grief and shock over death of 'Labour MP with huge compassion' (The Guardian)
On 23rd June a referendum will be held in the United Kingdom in order to decide if they stay in the European Union or if they leave. For a start, let's just read this poem about John Donne. Analyse it bearing in mind the globalised world we live in.
'No Man is an Island' (by John Donne)
No man is an island entire of itself;
every man
is a piece of the continent, a part of
the main;
if a clod be washed away by the sea,
Europe
well as any manner of thy friends or
of thine
is the less, as well as if a
promontory were, as
own were; any man's death diminishes
me,
the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.
because I am involved in mankind.
And therefore never send to know for
whom
Do these words remind you of any other prominent writer?
Yes, you're right, the American writer Ernest Hemingway, who wrote the famous novel For whom the bell tolls, which deals about our Spanish Civil War.
The issue in the press:
As 'Brexit' referendum nears, voter registration surges (CNN)Brexit – what would happen if Britain left the EU? (The Guardian)
It's time to talk about Brexit (The Daily Telegraph)
Brexit or Bremain? Readers share the one argument that made up their mind (The Guardian)
What if...? The consequences, challenges and opportunities facing Britain outside the EU (Open Europe) What would Brexit mean for everyday life in the UK? (The Guardian)
