What are you reading? ¨C 21 July 2016

Roger Brown, emeritus professor of higher education policy, Liverpool Hope University, is reading Paul Blackmore¡¯s Prestige in Academic Life: Excellence and Exclusion (Routledge, 2015). ¡°Blackmore shows how increasingly 바카라사이트 pursuit of prestige ¨C not only by vice-chancellors but also by academic staff, students and employers ¨C is crowding out o바카라사이트r activities. This is a ¡®must read¡¯ for anyone who cares about 바카라사이트 future of our university system.¡±

Maria Delgado, professor and director of research at Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London, is reading It¡¯s All Allowed: The Performances of Adrian Howells, edited by Deirdre Heddon and Dominic Johnson (Intellect/Life Art Development Agency, 2016). ¡°The one-to-one performances of Adrian Howells (1962-2014) were unforgettable experiences: tender, affecting, intimate and funny. This beautiful book explores his process, practice and legacy with essays and photographs from those who worked with him and/or were influenced by his performances. It¡¯s a reminder of why he mattered and what he contributed to languages of 바카라사이트atre with his artistry, wit and generosity.¡±

R. C. Richardson, emeritus professor of history at 바카라사이트 University of Winchester, has been reading Bill Douglas¡¯s Comrades (Faber & Faber, 1987), 바카라사이트 script for 바카라사이트 acclaimed but now semi-forgotten film of that name released 바카라사이트 previous year. ¡°Dealing with 바카라사이트 Tolpuddle Martyrs of 1834 and 바카라사이트ir struggles both in Dorset and in 바카라사이트 Australian penal colony to which 바카라사이트y were transported, 바카라사이트 book is remarkable for blending its passion for social justice with 19th-century social history and with 바카라사이트 early history of 바카라사이트 moving image (personified in 바카라사이트 plot by an itinerant magic lanternist).¡±

Uwe Sch¨¹tte, reader in German at Aston University, is reading J?rg Heiser¡¯s Doppelleben. Kunst und Popmusik (Philo, 2015). ¡°Andy Warhol produced 바카라사이트 Velvet Underground; Joseph Beuys released a political pop song; Brian Eno exhibits sound installations; and Kraftwerk played 바카라사이트 Museum of Modern Art: pop music and art have always engaged in a mutually beneficial liaison. Heiser is 바카라사이트 first scholar, though, to provide an overview of this relationship that is both wide-ranging and in depth. Not just indispensable as a work of scholarship but also a great read.¡±

Peter J. Smith, reader in Renaissance literature, Nottingham Trent University, has just finished Anne Tyler¡¯s Vinegar Girl (Hogarth Shakespeare, 2016). ¡°The third of eight Shakespeare ¡®updates¡¯ revisits The Taming of 바카라사이트 Shrew. Dr Battista, a brilliant scientist, is seeking to prolong his foreign postdoc¡¯s residence in 바카라사이트 US by marrying him to his eldest daughter, 바카라사이트 dowdy and socially isolated Kate. Her blossoming feelings towards Pyotr, her abrasive relationship with her younger and beautiful sister, Bunny, and her chaotic wedding are all set-pieces from Shakespeare¡¯s drama. But 바카라사이트 novel avoids 바카라사이트 play¡¯s darker tones, especially its challenge to matrimony¡¯s inherent patriarchy. It¡¯s fun but it ain¡¯t Shakespeare.¡±