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Hermann Gross: a protean German Expressionist artist who chose to live and work in the north of Scotland
Read more: Hermann Gross: a protean German Expressionist artist who chose to live and work in the north of ScotlandRobin Jackson explores the life and extraordinary range of work of 20th century German artist Hermann Gross
“Is Such A Life Worthy of the Name?”: Christopher Douglas on the Adaptation of George Gissing’s The Odd Women (Part 1)
by Tom Ue George Gissing’s novel The Odd Women (1893) opens, in 1872, with Dr Madden declaring his intention to insure his life for a thousand pounds. Things are looking up for the family. “[P]rofessional prospects,” he assures his eldest…
Researching the History of British Film Finance
by James Chapman Big research projects take a while to bear fruit. In the case of The Money Behind the Screen, it was the best part of nine years. The book’s origins extend back to the summer of 2013, when…
Surveying the Anthropocene: Endangered wildlife: the threats to seabirds, and the use of rephotography
by Patricia Macdonald This is the second of a series of blogs featuring themes and participants from the book Surveying the Anthropocene: Environment and photography now, edited by Patricia Macdonald (for an introduction to the book, see Q & A…
The Woman Writer’s Playbook to Fighting Censorship
Richard III, Thomas More and ‘Jane’ Shore: A royal mistress and a royal mystery
by Tim Thornton The Princes in the Tower The discovery of King Richard III’s body under a Leicester carpark in 2012 revitalised the public’s attention to one of the most controversial figures in British history, and to the mysteries surrounding…
Introducing From Rumi to the Whirling Dervishes
by Walter Feldman Love is the Way and the Path of our Prophet. We are Love’s children, and Love is our Mother. Rumi These words echo down through the ages from when Mevlana (”Our Master”) Jalaluddin Rumi (d. 1273), first…
Margaret McGowan: A Tribute
by Richard Ralph In March this year, Dance Research lost two of its core members from its editorial team – Margaret McGowan and Clement Crisp, who had each been with the journal since its inception forty years ago. I have…
Q & A with the author of Music in the Horror Films of Val Lewton
by Michael Lee Tell us a bit about your book… Music in the Horror Films of Val Lewton offers interpretive analyses of Val Lewton’s horror films as seen through the lens of the music within them. Lewton, who both produced…
What are Tribes? Do They Still Matter?
by Scott Weiner What is a tribe? Social scientists have long been interested in tribes, but political science has struggled to talk about them. Tribes exist on every inhabited continent and are as foundational to many states as political parties,…