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  • Roger Hilton. An Artist's Letters From POW Camp (illustrated)

    My father Roger Hilton was an English gentleman ranker in 6 Troop 3 Commando and was captured during the exploit at the Berneval gun site, part of the Dieppe Raid in 1942. He later became a leading British exponent of modern art, representing his country at the Venice Biennale and being made CBE. A collection of the letters he wrote as a POW came into my hands. Beneath the cheeriness the letters ... Leer más

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  • What colour was the smoke?

    A Tragedy Of Errors On watching the Grenfell Tower Fire Inquiry A text documentary

    As a young man with a family to keep I did time in the Fire Service. I'm glad I did. Reaching one hundred per cent physical limits and seeing the things I did has given me a level to measure later happenings in my life. At the end of the Muslim religious fast of Ramadan during the night of 13/14 June 2017, a blaze took hold of a twenty three storey block called Grenfell Tower in Notting Dale, West ... Leer más

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  • Tap once if Human

    Tap once if Human is a speculative fiction set in a near European future. CereBrose, a data company, has a project to manipulate criminal enterprise in order to re-channel its profits back into tax susceptible channels. Raj, a young security screen monitor has just broken up with Helen, a professional ice-dancer, when he joins the project thanks to Penny a scientist with CereBrose. I wrote this ... Leer más

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  • What Colour was the Smoke?

    A Tragedy of Errors. Watching the Grenfell Tower Fire Inquiry.

    "What colour was the smoke?" is a text documentary about the fire in a public housing block, Grenfell Tower, that killed seventy two people in June 2017 in West London. The Government ordered an Inquiry under a Judge. The author followed the Inquiry for six months and uses the actual language of the firefighters, scientists and other professionals at the scene that night and above all the words of ... Leer más

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  • Charity After Empire

    British Humanitarianism, Decolonisation and Development

    Series series Modern British Histories
    Why did charity become the outlet for global compassion? Charity After Empire traces the history of humanitarian agencies such as Oxfam, Save the Children and Christian Aid. It shows how they obtained a permanent presence in the alleviation of global poverty, why they were supported by the public and how they were embraced by governments in Britain and across Africa. Through several fascinating ... Leer más

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  • Bomb

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    If you are lucky enough to have been alive on November 22 1963 you will remember what you were doing when you heard the news that the President of the United States, John F. Kennedy, had been assassinated. Johny Lightfoot was picking glass out of a ballerina's foot.Using scientifico politico moments from the story of the British Independent Nuclear Deterrent and the opposition to it, Johny ... Leer más

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  • What colour was the smoke?

    Watching the Grenfell Tower Fire Inquiry

    What colour was the smoke is an ebook - a text documentary - about a fire in a public housing block, Grenfell Tower, that killed seventy two people in June 2017 in West London.As a young man with a family to keep I did time in the Fire Service. I'm glad I did. Finding out 100% effort limits, seeing some of the things I did has given me a standard to set things against.Grenfell Tower was built in ... Leer más

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  • Cultural Studies 50 Years On

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    Stuart Hall conceptualized his time at the Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies as a series of interruptions. It was this fluidity that gave rise to Hall’s conception of cultural studies as a ‘moving target’, a fusion of a range of disciplinary approaches that was uniquely influenced by politics in the world beyond the academy. The political commitments of those at the Centre were wide-ranging ... Leer más

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    Essays in Honour of Francesca Carnevali

    This collection brings together new research into nineteenth- and twentieth-century British and European economic history, socio-cultural history and business history. It is inspired by the work and legacy of Francesca Carnevali who, throughout her career, encouraged a lively dialogue between these different disciplines. The book offers innovative views and perspectives on key debates and ... Leer más

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    Women in the Second World War explores the experiences of women who served in the armed forces, or complimentary services. Using interviews, anecdotes, memoirs and/or accounts from the women (or, where appropriate, their children), the book tells the women's personal accounts of what their lives were like and what particular experiences they had while serving. They were all ordinary British women, ... Leer más

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