A Q&A on the making of Shakespeare Comics - exploring how graphic novels and manga adapt Shakespeare's plays and what they reveal about art, time, and culture.
When I first started my research on propaganda and culture in Iraq under Saddam Hussein, the study of propaganda was considered rather dated, or was relegated to the study of European fascism, Stalinism or dictatorships in post-colonial nation states. Even…
By Enrico Galvagni There is a myth that spans the history of western thought: the myth of the selfless philosopher. True philosophers, the myth says, are ethereal creatures who dropped every trace of pride, egoism, and vainglory to devote their…
By Julian Petley and Andrew Roberts Catch up with Part One of Culture Wars, Talking Pictures and the Telegraph For Heffer, ‘the lesson of Talking Pictures is clear. It portrays the England millions of us wish we still lived in’.…
By Julian Petley and Andrew Roberts Author’s Note: Given the current state of culture war, the Journal of British Cinema and Television is extremely keen to encourage further discussion of the sort of topics covered in this blog post, which…
Read the introductory article to our recently released Northern Scotland: Black Lives Matter virtual collection, which can be found on our website and is freely accessible until the end of 2020. By Jim MacPherson The racist murder of George Floyd…
Where will politicization of the response to COVID-19 end? When former President G.W. Bush issued calls to put partisanship aside and unite in the fight against COVID-19, President Trump virulently criticized the former, reproaching him with not taking his side when Democrats launched the impeachment process against him.
In the 2019-2020 winter, pre-COVID-19, the odds for Trump's reelection were good... Unfortunately for him, the Covid health crisis reshuffled the deck.
Poetry aficionados, media archaeologists and scholars of modernism might have heard of the ‘godfather of the e-reader’ Bob Brown, and his infamous ‘Reading Machine’ – but his wife Rose is an equally compelling figure. In fact, her story changes how we understand the connections between technological and literary innovation, and their capacity to promote social change, and with one exception, it has remained untold.
Sunil Manghani explores how rhythm came to be one of the most productive terms for critical enquiry into our social, political and cultural lives, and looks to the future of research into rhythm.