The Autobiography Of Howard Spring

The art of the possible

Publisher : Manchester University Press
Release Date : 2015-07-01
ISBN : 1784991570
Pages : 272 pages
Rating Book: 4.8/5 (784 users)

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Download or read book The art of the possible written by Chris Williams and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2015-07-01 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume explores some of the major transitions, opportunities and false dawns of modern British political history. It engages with the scholarly legacy of Professor Duncan Tanner (1958–2010) whose work was focused on the political process and on politics in government. Chronologically its span runs from the first general election to be conducted under the terms of the Third Reform Act through to the 1997 referenda in favour of devolved assemblies in Scotland and Wales. This was the period in which British politicians most obviously addressed a mass, British-wide electorate, seeking national approval for policies and programmes to be enacted on a UK-wide basis. Aimed at scholars and students of modern British history this volume will also interest the general reader who wishes to get to grips with some of the latest thinking about British politics.

Renegades and Rats

by Jacqueline Dickenson

Publisher : Academic Monographs
Release Date : 2006
ISBN : 0522853099
Pages : 281 pages
Rating Book: 4.2/5 (522 users)

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Download or read book Renegades and Rats written by Jacqueline Dickenson and published by Academic Monographs. This book was released on 2006 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Accusations of betrayal played a significant role in the shaping and maintenance of solidarity in socialist and other modern radical political organisations in Australia and Britain. This fascinating study of trust and betrayal focuses on case studies of 6 'rats' or renegades: H.H. Champion; William Trenwith; John Burns; Albert Victor Grayson; Adela Pankhurst Walsh; and Ada Holman. Renegades and Rats will appeal to scholars of history and sociology alike, and to anyone intersted in the subject of trust: what it is, and how it is lost.

A History of the British Sporting Journalist, c.1850-1939

by Stephen Tate

Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Release Date : 2020-02-24
ISBN : 1527547450
Pages : 441 pages
Rating Book: 4.2/5 (527 users)

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Download or read book A History of the British Sporting Journalist, c.1850-1939 written by Stephen Tate and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2020-02-24 with total page 441 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the heart of this text strides James Catton, less than five feet tall but a giant in the field of sporting journalism. It is the story of his career, from boy reporter in 1870s Lancashire to editor of the influential Manchester-based weekly Athletic News and then grand old man of Fleet Street sports writing in the 1920s and ’30s. The book also presents the story of others, too—the first journalists to turn action into news as raw, carnivalesque, violent pastimes were replaced by codified and commercialised games. Detailing the history of their trade, the book searches for the roots of sports journalism, pushing, for the first time, the newspaper reporter to the foreground in the shared history of the press and sport. Editorial recruitment, training, writing styles, pay, status, rivalry and camaraderie, technology, celebrity, the press box, the player-reporter and drinking culture are all examined, as are the values men like Catton claimed sport, at its best, represented.

The Oxford Companion to Twentieth-century Literature in English

by Jenny Stringer

Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 1996
ISBN : 9780192122711
Pages : 774 pages
Rating Book: 4.2/5 (122 users)

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Download or read book The Oxford Companion to Twentieth-century Literature in English written by Jenny Stringer and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1996 with total page 774 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses the major literary figures in the English-speaking world

A State of Play

by Steven Fielding

Publisher : A&C Black
Release Date : 2014-04-24
ISBN : 1849669805
Pages : 272 pages
Rating Book: 4.4/5 (849 users)

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Download or read book A State of Play written by Steven Fielding and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2014-04-24 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. A State of Play explores how the British have imagined their politics, from the parliament worship of Anthony Trollope to the cynicism of The Thick of It. In an account that mixes historical with political analysis, Steven Fielding argues that fictional depictions of politics have played an important but insidious part in shaping how the British think about their democracy and have helped ventilate their many frustrations with Westminster. He shows that dramas and fictions have also performed a significant role in the battle of ideas, in a way undreamt of by those who draft party manifestos. The book examines the work of overtly political writers have treated the subject, discussing the novels of H.G. Wells, the comedy series Yes, Minister and the plays of David Hare. However, it also assesses how less obvious sources, such as the films of George Formby, the novels of Agatha Christie, the Just William stories and situation comedies like Steptoe and Son, have reflected on representative democracy. A State of Play is an invaluable, distinctive and engaging guide to a new way of thinking about Britain's political past and present.

Autobiography

by Neville Cardus

Publisher : Faber & Faber
Release Date : 2012-02-02
ISBN : 0571286909
Pages : 302 pages
Rating Book: 4.7/5 (571 users)

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Download or read book Autobiography written by Neville Cardus and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2012-02-02 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Autobiography was first published in 1947 and was described by J. B. Priestley as 'one of the best pieces of writing that ever found a way to our Book Society. He is a writer who has learned how to write and the result is glorious.' Sir Neville Cardus is best remembered as a writer on both cricket and music and during his lifetime achieved an unparalleled reputation as one of England's greatest journalists on these two very different subjects. Born in Rusholme in Manchester Cardus carved out an international reputation for himself by his own ability, efforts and imagination and created, as his biographer Christopher Brookes put it, 'a beguiling personal legend in the course of a career which extended over fifty years.' 'This is a very, very good book. Cricket and music - how he makes both these worlds pulsate, life comic as well as life magnificent.' Robert Lynd 'A superb work by a master of English.' Wilfred Pickles

A Cornish Almanack

by N.P. Cooper

Publisher : Lulu.com
Release Date : 2020-04-16
ISBN : 0244254028
Pages : 498 pages
Rating Book: 4.4/5 (244 users)

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Download or read book A Cornish Almanack written by N.P. Cooper and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2020-04-16 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cornwall, the land of sandy beaches, pretty fishing coves, historic fishing ports, tin mining, mansions and gardens, quaint thatched cottages, atmospheric moors, art galleries, writers and picturesque towns? All of that is true but there is so much more to Cornwall and its influence on the rest of Britain and many parts of the world is often forgotten or unknown but yet continues. The county has seen political intrigue; religious upheavals; financial scandals. It has produced political radicals, slaves and slave owners; artists, writers and musicians; renowned engineers, mineralogists and scientists and was the first to introduce compulsory education. Cornwall was the birthplace of the discoverers of chemical elements, the planet Neptune and solar power and has been hugely significant in radio, electrical telegraphy and television. Cornish people have been influential across the centuries, the world and an incredible number of disciplines.

Reviews and Essays of Austin Clarke

by Austin Clarke

Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 1995
ISBN : 9780861403370
Pages : 422 pages
Rating Book: 4.0/5 (43 users)

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Download or read book Reviews and Essays of Austin Clarke written by Austin Clarke and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 1995 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Austin Clarke is widely regarded as one of 20th-century Ireland's most important poets. In this selection of nearly fifty essays and reviews written over Clarke's long career, he demonstrates that he is an astute and provocative literary critic as well. Having grown up in Dublin when the excitement of the Irish Literary Revival was still running high, Clarke knew many of the principal figures of that movement personally, and his readings of Yeats, Joyce, Synge, O'Casey, Lady Gregory, George Moore, and others, enjoy the advantages of an insider's point of view. Moreover, committed in his own poetry to the basic assumption that fuelled the Literary Revival - that the most productive course for Irish literature lay in the direction not of England but of Ireland - Clarke in his criticism provides a way of understanding, and judging, the Revival's major writers in terms of their relationships to Ireland's rich literary and cultural traditions. At the same time, these essays call attention to a number of distinctly Irish, but often overlooked, writers working on the margins of the revival. As Yeats observed more than once, the Irish, for all the contributions that they have made to modern fiction, poetry, and drama, have fallen somewhat short in the genre of literary criticism. Austin Clarke's essays and reviews, many of which were written under a pseudonym and so not attributed to Clarke for years, go a long way towards filling that gap.

The Little Book of Welsh Culture

by Mark Rees

Publisher : The History Press
Release Date : 2016-08-01
ISBN : 0750969229
Pages : 192 pages
Rating Book: 4.5/5 (75 users)

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Download or read book The Little Book of Welsh Culture written by Mark Rees and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2016-08-01 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Little Book of Welsh Culture is a fast-paced, fact-filled journey through the cultural heritage of Wales, exploring the rich history of its literature, festivals, performing arts, visual arts and music, and unearthing some fascinating secrets and hidden gems along the way. Crammed full of myths, traditions, birthplaces and personalities, experience the country’s immense artistic legacy as never before, from the medieval legends surrounding King Arthur and The Mabinogion to its modern-day transformation into a thriving film location for big-screen blockbusters. Discover the truth behind the druidic rituals of the National Eisteddfod, separate the facts from the fiction that surround Dylan Thomas’ infamous lifestyle, and learn how Wales successfully regenerated the Doctor Who franchise.

Eleven Stories & a Beginning

Publisher :
Release Date : 1973
ISBN :
Pages : 294 pages
Rating Book: 4.9/5 (39 users)

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Download or read book Eleven Stories & a Beginning written by and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Howard Spring's only volume of stories.

Press, Politics and Society

by Aled Jones

Publisher :
Release Date : 1993
ISBN :
Pages : 317 pages
Rating Book: 4.9/5 (39 users)

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Download or read book Press, Politics and Society written by Aled Jones and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Pleasures and Treasures of Britain

by David Kemp

Publisher : Dundurn
Release Date : 1992
ISBN : 1550021591
Pages : 434 pages
Rating Book: 4.5/5 (55 users)

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Download or read book The Pleasures and Treasures of Britain written by David Kemp and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 1992 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is a famous queen of Britain really bured beneath platform 10 at King's Cross station in London? What is the telephone number of the National Theatre? what is the best place to eat in Worcester? Where is the National Bagpipe Museum? (Hint: not in Scotland) Was Pointius Pilate born in Pitlochry? The answers to these questions and literally thousands more are to be found in David Kemp's fascinating guidebook, The Pleasures and Treasures of Britain. Nowhere else will the discerning traveller find so much diverse and essential information about British culture gathered together in one volume. With the author as your witty and knowledgeable guide, take a tour through nearly fifty cities, from Penzance to Perth, from London to Cardiff and Belfast. Each city section begins with a concise, readable history and a guided walk around the town, planned to take in as many of the significant local sights as can comfortably be included. Next are exhaustive listings, including telephone numbers and addresses, of everything a culturally curious visitor might want to seek out: theatre, art galleries, museums, antique markets, antiquarian and other bookstores, restaurants, lcoal fairs and festivals and more. Finally, under the headings of Artistic Associations and Ephemera, each section concludes with an entertaining collection of local lore, gossip, legend and anecdote.

The Last Pre-Raphaelite

by Fiona MacCarthy

Publisher : Faber & Faber
Release Date : 2011-09-01
ISBN : 0571275796
Pages : 656 pages
Rating Book: 4.7/5 (571 users)

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Download or read book The Last Pre-Raphaelite written by Fiona MacCarthy and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2011-09-01 with total page 656 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, this is the biography of celebrated nineteenth-century artist Edward Burne-Jones, who - with William Morris - connects Victorian and modern art. 'A triumph of biographical art.' Independent 'Magnificent.' Guardian 'Rarely are biographies both as authoritative and engaging as this.' Literary Review The angels on our Christmas cards, the stained glass in our churches, the great paintings in our galleries - Edward Burne-Jones's work is all around us. The most admired British artist of his generation, he was a leading figure with Oscar Wilde in the aesthetic movement of the 1880s, inventing what became an iconic 'Burne-Jones look'. Widely recognised as the bridge between Victorian and modern art, he influenced not just his immediate circle but European artists such as Klimt and Picasso. In this gripping book, award-winning biographer Fiona MacCarthy dramatically re-evaluates his art and life - his battle against vicious public hostility, the romantic susceptibility to female beauty that would inspire his work but ruin his marriage, his ill health and depressive sensibility, and the devastating rift with his great friend and collaborator, William Morris, when their views on art and politics diverged. Blending new research with a fresh historical perspective, The Last Pre-Raphaelite tells the extraordinary story of Burne-Jones: a radical artist, landmark of Victorian society - and peculiarly captivating man.

John Major: The Autobiography

by John Major

Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Release Date : 2013-02-21
ISBN : 0007400462
Pages : 816 pages
Rating Book: 4.0/5 (7 users)

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Download or read book John Major: The Autobiography written by John Major and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2013-02-21 with total page 816 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘The best memoir by a senior politician for years.’ Simon Jenkins, Sunday Times

Time & Tide

Publisher :
Release Date : 1974
ISBN :
Pages : 484 pages
Rating Book: 4.0/5 (3 users)

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Download or read book Time & Tide written by and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Autobiography of a Cad

by A. G. Macdonell

Publisher : Read Books Ltd
Release Date : 2017-09-06
ISBN : 1473340918
Pages : 324 pages
Rating Book: 4.7/5 (473 users)

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Download or read book Autobiography of a Cad written by A. G. Macdonell and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2017-09-06 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This vintage book contains A. G. Macdonell's 1938 novel, "The Autobiography of a Cad". Written as a memoir of the life of Edward Fox-Ingleby, it spans from with his earliest memories of his family's estate and his time at Eton and Oxford, to his becoming a Tory minister in 1930s England. His memoir reads like an attempt to justify his obviously immoral life-a life filled with backstabbing, misogyny, and deviousness. In spite of this, Edward portrays himself as a misunderstood gentleman of the first order. A hilarious and intelligent novel and not to be missed by fans of Macdonell's work. A. G. Macdonell (1895-1941) was a Scottish novelist and journalist. His most famous works include: "lords and Masters", a blunt and prescient satire and "England, Their England" (1933), a classic satirical novel that affectionately explores English urban and rural society. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with its original artwork and text.

Something about the Author

Publisher : Gale Cengage
Release Date : 1982-08
ISBN :
Pages : 304 pages
Rating Book: 4.9/5 (39 users)

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Download or read book Something about the Author written by and published by Gale Cengage. This book was released on 1982-08 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An easy-to-use source for librarians, students and other researchers, each volume in this series provides illustrated biographical profiles of approximately 75 children's authors and artists. This critically acclaimed series covers more than 12,000 individuals, ranging from established award winners to authors and illustrators who are just beginning their careers. Entries typically cover: personal life, career, writings, works in progress, adaptations, additional sources. A cumulative author index is included in each odd-numbered volume.While Gale strives to replicate print content, some content may not be available due to rights restrictions.Call your Sales Rep for details.