I suppose I’m fairly experienced at political communication in that I’ve taught politics since 1972 when I first arrived at Manchester University. As well as the spoken word and books, the third form of communication I have used is the internet. In May 2005 I began to write a blog: …
Shakespeare and laughter A cultural history Indira Ghose This book examines laughter in the Shakespearean theatre, and is the first study to focus specifically on laughter, not comedy. It looks at various strands of the early modern discourse on laughter, ranging from medical treatises and courtesy manuals …
Our spanking new catalogue for the Autumn/Winter season of 2008 has arrived into the office…. Yummy. Cover picture is taken from Adrian Horn’s Jukebox Britain, by the way (a great book), which will be coming out in February 2009. If you would like a catalogue sent to you free of …
Piercing the bamboo curtain Tentative bridge-building to China during the Johnson years by Michael Lumbers This new study is the first comprehensive account of U.S. Policy toward China during the presidency of Lyndon Johnson, a critical phase of the Cold War immediately preceding the dramatic Sino-American rapprochement of the …
Whilst we bask in the sun, conference season stealthily creeps up on us, skittering on its little limbs. So here’s a list of those we will be attending in person this year, up until August (click on the titles for more information):- * British Graduate Shakespeare conference, Stratford-upon-Avon (19th – …
The civil service and the revolution in Ireland 1912-1938 ‘Shaking the blood-stained hand of Mr Collins’ by Martin Maguire The training of the civil service is intended to produce an unquestioning loyalty to the State. What happens when that State is subject to revolutionary struggle and a new …
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