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“Dirt, death and disease” : newspaper discourses on public health in the construction of the modern British city (2014)
Journal Article
O'Reilly, C. (2014). “Dirt, death and disease” : newspaper discourses on public health in the construction of the modern British city. Journal of Historical Pragmatics, 15(2), 207-227. https://doi.org/10.1075/jhp.15.2.04ore

This study makes use of a range of local and national British newspapers and periodicals to examine the discourses of public health during the nineteenth century. It argues that many newspapers and periodicals used a very limited and limiting discour... Read More about “Dirt, death and disease” : newspaper discourses on public health in the construction of the modern British city.

Political corruption in Europe (2014)
Book Chapter
Bull, M., & Newell, J. (2014). Political corruption in Europe. In J. Magone (Ed.), Routledge Handbook of European Politics (669-685). London: Routledge

This chapter analyses: first the growth, diversification and types of corruption in Europe; second, the causes and dynamics at the heart of corrupt transactions; third, the effects of corruption (on the economy and the political system); and finally,... Read More about Political corruption in Europe.

Song of praise : musicians, myths and the "cult" of John Coltrane (2014)
Book Chapter
Whyton, T. (2014). Song of praise : musicians, myths and the "cult" of John Coltrane. In M. Duffett (Ed.), Popular Music Fandom : Identities, Roles and Practices (97-114). New York: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203795125

This book explores popular music fandom from a cultural studies perspective that incorporates popular music studies, audience research, and media fandom. The essays draw together recent work on fandom in popular music studies and begin a dialogue wit... Read More about Song of praise : musicians, myths and the "cult" of John Coltrane.

DVD/Blu-Ray commentary for "The Sorcerers" (2014)
Digital Artefact
Halligan, B., & Armstrong, M. (2014). DVD/Blu-Ray commentary for "The Sorcerers". [commercial Blu-Ray/DVD]

Audio-commentary with Michael Armstrong of film and extras: The Sorcerers (Michael Reeves, 1967, Tigon Pictures).

Testo, testi, e contesti: l’intertestualità in scena (2014)
Book Chapter
Nigri, L. (2014). Testo, testi, e contesti: l’intertestualità in scena. In S. Bigliazzi, & F. Gregori (Eds.), Critica e letteratura : Studi di anglistica (83-98). Edizioni ETS

Texts, whether they be literary or non-literary, are viewed by modern theorists as lacking in any kind of independent meaning. They are what theorists now call intertextual. The act of reading, theorists claim, plunges us into a network of textual... Read More about Testo, testi, e contesti: l’intertestualità in scena.

Storytelling in the media convergence age : exploring screen narratives (2014)
Book
(2014). A. Smith, & R. Pearson (Eds.), Storytelling in the media convergence age : exploring screen narratives. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137388155

This collection investigates the relationship between contemporary screen narratives and their varied contexts of production, circulation and reception, exploring storytelling practices across a range of different media and national and institutional... Read More about Storytelling in the media convergence age : exploring screen narratives.

Bertrand Russell : The committed sceptic in public life (2014)
Journal Article
Callaghan, J. (2014). Bertrand Russell : The committed sceptic in public life. Moving the social (Internet), 51, 239-263. https://doi.org/10.13154/mts.51.2014.239-261

Bertrand Russell came from a political family but was devoted to an academic life before 1914. It was the Great War which transformed him. He broke from the Liberal Party, began to regard himself as a socialist and became a prominent public intellect... Read More about Bertrand Russell : The committed sceptic in public life.

Technological adaptation in a global conflict : the British Army and communications beyond the Western Front, 1914-1918 (2014)
Journal Article
Hall, B. (2014). Technological adaptation in a global conflict : the British Army and communications beyond the Western Front, 1914-1918. Journal of Military History, 78(1), 37-71

This article seeks to contribute to recent scholarly analysis of the British Army’s military performance and its leadership’s willingness and ability to adapt during the First World War by examining a maligned, though vital, aspect of its command and... Read More about Technological adaptation in a global conflict : the British Army and communications beyond the Western Front, 1914-1918.