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Hermann Gross: a protean German Expressionist artist who chose to live and work in the north of Scotland

Robin Jackson explores the life and extraordinary range of work of 20th century German artist Hermann Gross

November 11, 2024
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Roland Barthes’ Fragments of a Lover’s Discourse: Translating Again, Writing Again

Patrick ffrench and Timothy Mathews discuss the special issue of CounterText they've recently edited.

Edinburgh University Press
July 19, 2023

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Extract: Seeing Degree Zero: Barthes/Burgin and Political Aesthetics

Enjoy a sneak peek of the Introduction to Seeing Degree Zero: Barthes/Burgin and Political Aesthetics edited by Ryan Bishop and Sunil Manghani An unfolding line of enquiry has been the revisiting of Barthes’ term ‘zero degree’, which dates back to…

Kevin Worrall
November 3, 2021

OLR 40th Anniversary – Roland Barthes & Robert Young

Welcome to November where, very sadly, we’ve reached the last in our blog series for OLR’s 40th anniversary. To go out with a bang, we have made two articles free to enjoy for a month. Enjoy! First up, we have…

Rebecca Wojturska
November 15, 2017

Hermann Gross: a protean German Expressionist artist who chose to live and work in the north of Scotland

Roland Barthes’ Fragments of a Lover’s Discourse: Translating Again, Writing Again

Extract: Seeing Degree Zero: Barthes/Burgin and Political Aesthetics

OLR 40th Anniversary – Roland Barthes & Robert Young

Hermann Gross: a protean German Expressionist artist who chose to live and work in the north of Scotland

‘Beware of the ninnies!’ – Thoughts on ballet history

5 things you might not expect of Christian-Muslim relations in the Middle East

An Interview with David Rando, author of On Fiction and Being a Good Animal

Chrystal Macmillan: champion for women’s equality, peace and justice