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The Foreign Office ‘Thought Police’: Foreign Office Security, the Security Department and the ‘Missing Diplomats’, 1940 – 1952 (2023)
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Murphy, C. J., & Lomas, D. (2023). The Foreign Office ‘Thought Police’: Foreign Office Security, the Security Department and the ‘Missing Diplomats’, 1940 – 1952. Diplomacy and Statecraft, 34(3), 433-463. https://doi.org/10.1080/09592296.2023.2239638

The protection of diplomats, embassies and sensitive information has always been an important aspect of diplomacy. Today, security is an accepted norm of day-to-day diplomatic work, yet the importance of security in the UK Foreign Office was not al... Read More about The Foreign Office ‘Thought Police’: Foreign Office Security, the Security Department and the ‘Missing Diplomats’, 1940 – 1952.

Relational continuity in community policing: Insights from a human-centred design perspective (2023)
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Signori, R., Heinrich, D. P., Wootton, A., & Davey, C. (2023). Relational continuity in community policing: Insights from a human-centred design perspective. Policing, 17, https://doi.org/10.1093/police/paad038

Community policing prioritises building positive relationships between police officers and local communities. The approach focuses on working with communities to identify and address the causes of crime and disorder, rather than just reacting to call... Read More about Relational continuity in community policing: Insights from a human-centred design perspective.

‘Gender, Disability, and Visual Forms in Hans Christian Andersen’s “Thumbelina” (1835)’ (2023)
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Helm, H. (2023). ‘Gender, Disability, and Visual Forms in Hans Christian Andersen’s “Thumbelina” (1835)’. #Journal not on list, 2(1), 1-21

This article explores representations of femininity and disability in Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale “Thumbelina” (1835) and select examples of his paper art. In this article, I argue that, on one level, the fairy tale and Andersen’s own paper... Read More about ‘Gender, Disability, and Visual Forms in Hans Christian Andersen’s “Thumbelina” (1835)’.

Depths of Fields (2023)
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Bodman, S. (2023). Depths of Fields. #Journal not on list, 32(126),

Through overlaying and overlapping Chrystal Cherniwchan and Craig Tattersall bring print and sound together in their collaborative works, writes Sarah Bodman.

Augmented Encounters (2023)
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Cherniwchan, C. (2023). Augmented Encounters. #Journal not on list, 32(126),

Mechanical Confection (2023)
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Cherniwchan, C. (2023). Mechanical Confection. #Journal not on list, 32(126),

Cyber-enabled tradecraft and contemporary espionage: assessing the implications of the tradecraft paradox on agent recruitment in Russia and China (2023)
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Cunliffe, K. S. (in press). Cyber-enabled tradecraft and contemporary espionage: assessing the implications of the tradecraft paradox on agent recruitment in Russia and China. Intelligence and National Security, 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1080/02684527.2023.2216035

The acquisition of clandestine human sources – or agents – inside Russia and China likely remains the key priority for Western HUMINT agencies, and yet their ability to do this safely is quickly waning. This paper considers the utility of cyberspace... Read More about Cyber-enabled tradecraft and contemporary espionage: assessing the implications of the tradecraft paradox on agent recruitment in Russia and China.

The 2010–15 coalition government and the legacy of free schools in England (2023)
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Williams, B. (2023). The 2010–15 coalition government and the legacy of free schools in England. Policy Futures in Education, https://doi.org/10.1177/14782103231176360

Free schools were a flagship policy of the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition (2010–15), aligned with the broader academisation programme, yet both consolidating and transcending New Labour’s educational narrative between 1997 and 2010. Driven b... Read More about The 2010–15 coalition government and the legacy of free schools in England.

The role of medical officers of health in civil defence and how they influenced modern emergency medical practice (2023)
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Hazlehurst, N. (2023). The role of medical officers of health in civil defence and how they influenced modern emergency medical practice. Public Health, 219, 31-34. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2023.03.016

Objectives: The article will examine the role of the Medical Officer of Health within United Kingdom Local Authorities in the period preceding the Second World War, the war itself, the residual impact of their work on emergency medical and public hea... Read More about The role of medical officers of health in civil defence and how they influenced modern emergency medical practice.

Alma’s (Not) Normal: Normalising Working-Class Women in/on BBC TV Comedy (2023)
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Minor, L. (2023). Alma’s (Not) Normal: Normalising Working-Class Women in/on BBC TV Comedy. Journal of British Cinema and Television, 20(2), 137-161. https://doi.org/10.3366/jbctv.2023.0665

This article examines the BBC sitcom Alma’s Not Normal and its representation of white working-class femininities in/on British TV comedy. After The Royle Family creator Caroline Aherne’s death in July 2017, the BBC created a bursary in memory of t... Read More about Alma’s (Not) Normal: Normalising Working-Class Women in/on BBC TV Comedy.

Building a timeline for LGBTQ+ Global Cinemas (1895-2019): Movie Production Trends from a Collaborative Internet Cinema Database (2023)
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Hernandez Perez, M., & Sanchéz Soriano, J. (2023). Building a timeline for LGBTQ+ Global Cinemas (1895-2019): Movie Production Trends from a Collaborative Internet Cinema Database. Journal of Film and Video, 75(1), 46-61. https://doi.org/10.5406/19346018.75.1.04

This paper examines the role of cinema as a reflection of reality and social change. IMDb (Internet Movie Database) was employed as the main data source in order to examine the representation of LGBTQ+ in global cinema in parallel with the analysis o... Read More about Building a timeline for LGBTQ+ Global Cinemas (1895-2019): Movie Production Trends from a Collaborative Internet Cinema Database.

Building a timeline for LGBTQ+ global cinemas (1895-2019):movie production trends from a collaborative internet cinema database (2023)
Journal Article
Hernandez Perez, M., & Sanchéz Soriano, J. (2023). Building a timeline for LGBTQ+ global cinemas (1895-2019):movie production trends from a collaborative internet cinema database. Journal of Film and Video, 75(1), 46–61. https://doi.org/10.5406/19346018.75.1.04

This paper examines the role of cinema as a reflection of reality and social change. IMDb (Internet Movie Database) was employed as the main data source in order to examine the representation of LGBTQ+ in global cinema in parallel with the analysis o... Read More about Building a timeline for LGBTQ+ global cinemas (1895-2019):movie production trends from a collaborative internet cinema database.

37 funny fragments: the UoS comedy and performance art project assemblage (2023)
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Wilkie, I., & Talbot, R. (2023). 37 funny fragments: the UoS comedy and performance art project assemblage. Comedy Studies, https://doi.org/10.1080/2040610X.2023.2188834

What follows is an account of the ongoing University of Salford (UoS) Comedy and Performance Art Project. This has evolved into a series of staged and recorded ‘Non-Events’ that broadly seek to uncover any interactions between the fields of Comedy... Read More about 37 funny fragments: the UoS comedy and performance art project assemblage.

“You’ve been living here for as long as you can remember”: trauma in OMORI's environmental design (2023)
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Younis, A., & Fedtke, J. (2023). “You’ve been living here for as long as you can remember”: trauma in OMORI's environmental design. Games and Culture, 19(3), 309-336. https://doi.org/10.1177/15554120231162982

Developed by Omocat and released in December 2020, OMORI is a surreal psychological horror role-playing game. The game follows the titular protagonist Omori as it examines such sensitive topics as suicide, grief, death, and depression. Such traumatic... Read More about “You’ve been living here for as long as you can remember”: trauma in OMORI's environmental design.

Finger pudding (2023)
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Cherniwchan, C. (2023). Finger pudding. #Journal not on list, 32(125),

Carving the sublime (2023)
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Cherniwchan, C. (2023). Carving the sublime. #Journal not on list, 32(125),

The ‘milf’: a brief cultural history, from Mrs Robinson to Stifler’s mom (2023)
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Minor, L. (in press). The ‘milf’: a brief cultural history, from Mrs Robinson to Stifler’s mom

The release of reality television series Milf Manor in January 2023 has added to the pantheon of milfs (“Mothers I’d Like to Fuck”) on screen. But from Stacy’s mum to Stifler’s mum: why is our cultural fascination with and fetishisation of the milf s... Read More about The ‘milf’: a brief cultural history, from Mrs Robinson to Stifler’s mom.