By Sally Richards Scorched Earth Fires rage:horizon a haze of dusty grassesawaiting their fate –flames lick, spit, chase, roar –demonic acrobatsengulf, consume;in their wake gothic... Continue reading
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Scorched Earth and other poems
By Sally Richards Scorched Earth Fires rage:horizon a haze of dusty grassesawaiting their fate –flames lick, spit, chase, roar –demonic acrobatsengulf, consume;in their wake gothic bleakness. Green…
Mother Courage and Her Children: those who sup with the devil
Photo: Marc Brenner By Flora Leeper The Globe’s production of Mother Courage and her Children, translated by Anna Jordan, directed by Elle While and starring Michelle Terry,…
The Hammers
By Roger Cornish They’d crammed through theTurnstiles by the thousandsHundreds of thousands seasonAfter season Made him a Millionaire He transferred from theHammersTo a Big Club up North…
Titian and the Crisis of Renaissance Humanism
Venus of Urbino, 1538 By Jenny Farrell The 450th anniversary of Titian’s death on 27 August 1576 is a good opportunity to revisit the Venetian master – …
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Journal of Class and Culture – Fourth Annual Conference
University of the West of England, Stoke Gifford, England Saturday 3 October • 9:30 AM – 5:30 PM Organised by University of Hertfordshire and University of the…
Why can’t Women Be Priests?
Photo credit: Stephen Brash By Geoff Bottoms Why can’t women be priests? It’s a good question whose time has come, and in many parts of the universal…
Ten books that shook the World Cup
Philosophy Football’s Mark Perryman recommends ten reads that reveal the tournament at its best and worst.
Bass, Big Beer & popular demand
By Keith Flett Can a campaign from below, a democratic campaign on a social and cultural activity like beer drinking, have any effect? Yes, it can. The…
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Photo: Marc Brenner By Flora Leeper The Globe’s production of Mother Courage and her Children, translated by Anna Jordan, directed by Elle While and starring... Continue reading
By Roger Cornish They’d crammed through theTurnstiles by the thousandsHundreds of thousands seasonAfter season Made him a Millionaire He transferred from theHammersTo a Big Club... Continue reading
Venus of Urbino, 1538 By Jenny Farrell The 450th anniversary of Titian’s death on 27 August 1576 is a good opportunity to revisit the Venetian... Continue reading
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University of the West of England, Stoke Gifford, England Saturday 3 October • 9:30 AM – 5:30 PM Organised by University of Hertfordshire and University... Continue reading
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Image of U.S./Israeli strike on Iran by Anadolou Agency By Anne Enith Cooper Scroll, scroll, freeze. And I’m lookinginto the eyes of a boy cryingfor... Continue reading
Adam Page asks who owns the Tenement Novel nowadays and where did it come from. Continue reading