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The pro-business effects of paramilitary terror in Colombia : appreciating different types of political violence and their economic impacts (2021)
Book Chapter
Colombia : appreciating different types of political violence and their economic impacts. In J. Hristov, J. Sprague-Silgado, & A. Tauss (Eds.), Paramilitary Groups and the State under Globalization : political violence, elites, and security (35-52). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429279430-4

Scholarly investigations into conflict and development have typically highlighted the acutely negative economic effects of political violence. This includes terrorism, which, according to the relevant literature, can have deeply inimical effects on e... Read More about The pro-business effects of paramilitary terror in Colombia : appreciating different types of political violence and their economic impacts.

The Distin legacy : the rise of the brass band in 19th-century Britain (2021)
Thesis
Farr, R. The Distin legacy : the rise of the brass band in 19th-century Britain. (Thesis). University of Salford

Throughout the nineteenth century the brass band movement emerged as part of the larger processes of social, cultural and political change, and the rapid progress of industrialization. The growth of the movement was determined, most significantly, by... Read More about The Distin legacy : the rise of the brass band in 19th-century Britain.

Performance, Death and Dinner: A Study of the Efficacy of Performance to Encourage Conversations around Death and Dying (2021)
Data

Delivered at the 2021 International Federation for Theatre Research Conference (postponed from 2020), at the National University of Ireland, Galway, this paper explores my 2019 Practice as Research project Performance, Death and Dinner: Autobiography... Read More about Performance, Death and Dinner: A Study of the Efficacy of Performance to Encourage Conversations around Death and Dying.

Recreating classic sitcom performances: an interview with Kevin McNally (2021)
Journal Article
Hewett, R. (2021). Recreating classic sitcom performances: an interview with Kevin McNally. Journal of British Cinema and Television, 19(1), 87-105. https://doi.org/10.3366/jbctv.2022.0605

Actor Kevin McNally has had the unusual experience of recreating the performances of not one but two famous comedy actors, having played Tony Hancock on radio in The Missing Hancocks (BBC Radio 4, 2014-20) and on television for the Lost Sitcoms entry... Read More about Recreating classic sitcom performances: an interview with Kevin McNally.

A braindead nation: Black Summer and Trump's America (2021)
Journal Article
Gaynor, S. (2021). A braindead nation: Black Summer and Trump's America. Revenant (Falmouth), 7, 246-271

America is teetering on a knife-edge of fascism, fueled by insidious social conservatism and questionable morality that has been festering for decades in the politics and culture of the United States. This article explores the deep concern expressed... Read More about A braindead nation: Black Summer and Trump's America.