About us
The UCL English Society is a society for all literature lovers! All courses welcome. Join us for events including museum trips, talks, writing workshops, formals and more!
This Society has been awarded a Bronze Development Award for their work in the 2024-25 academic year.
Meet the Committee
President
Anoushka
Course: 2nd Year English BA
Favourite novel: Heart Lamp by Banu Mushtaq
Favourite Shakespeare play: Macbeth
Favourite film: The Shawshank Redemption (dir. Frank Darabont)
Favourite study spot: English Library
Fun fact: I dressed up as the Invisible Man on Halloween and won the first prize 👻
Treasurer & Marketing Officer
Jessie
Course: 3rd Year English BA
Favourite novel: The Sun and the Star by Mark Oshiro and Rick Riordan
Favourite Shakespeare play: The Merchant of Venice
Favourite film: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (dir. Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey and Rodney Rothman)
Favourite study spot: Main Library
Hot take: Twilight was actually a good series when I was 14
Welfare & Social Officer
Eshal
Course: 2nd Year English BA
Favourite novel: The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang
Favourite Shakespeare play: Othello
Favourite film: The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (dir. Francis Lawrence)
Favourite study spot: Law Library
Hot take: Jane should never have gone back to Rochester 👀
Workshop Officer
Yesica
Course: 2nd Year English BA
Favourite novel: Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Favourite Shakespeare play: The Tempest
Favourite film: Project Hail Mary (dir. Phil Lord and Christopher Miller)
Favourite study spot: Wellcome Collection L2
Lit tip: Buy books on Vinted (you can get anything for £2) (+ postage)
Workshop Officer
Hannah
Course: 2nd Year English BA
Favourite novel: Fire & Blood by George R. R. Martin
Favourite Shakespeare play: The Tempest
Favourite film: Gladiator (dir. Ridley Scott)
Favourite study spot: Department of Damage Control (or Senate House Library)
Fun fact: If I had a nickel for every time I played a mother stressing over her kid on stage, I’d have five nickels, which is quite a lot. (I was a single mother at six.)
Marketing & Social Officer
Anna
Course: 2nd Year English BA
Favourite novel: Emma by Jane Austen
Favourite Shakespeare play: Much Ado About Nothing
Favourite film: To All The Boys I Loved Before (dir. Susan Johnson)
Favourite study spot: Waterstones cafe
Favourite modern Shakespeare adaptation: She’s The Man
Green & Gilded Editor-In-Chief
McKayla
Course: 2nd Year English BA
Favourite novel: The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
Favourite Shakespeare play: Twelfth Night
Favourite film: Everything Everywhere All At Once (dir. Daniels)
Favourite study spot: On the Portico (on unusually sunny days)
Hot take: Lit Charts solos SparkNotes
Green & Gilded Senior Editor
Veron
Course: 2nd Year English BA
Favourite novel: Arcadia by Thomas Stoppard
Favourite Shakespeare play: Twelfth Night
Favourite film: Spirited Away (dir. Hayao Miyazaki)
Favourite study spot: Senate House Library
Fun fact: ‽ <- This is an interrobang, which means exactly what it looks and sounds like. I think it deserves to be more popular :)