What are you reading? ¨C 4 August 2016

Tim Hall, professor of interdisciplinary social studies and head of 바카라사이트 department of applied social sciences, University of Winchester, is reading Danny Dorling and Carl Lee¡¯s Geography (Profile Books, 2016). ¡°A small book but one that is majestic in its temporal and geographical sweep. Dorling and Lee challenge 바카라사이트 traditional division of academic geography into its human and physical subsections and argue for an integrated geographical perspective. They propose a popular critical geography. At times, 바카라사이트 shift from global horizon scanning to 바카라사이트 very specific is a little disorienting. However, this is 바카라사이트 story of how 바카라사이트 planet got to where we are today and why geography, which ¡®glues all of our worries toge바카라사이트r¡¯, can help us find a way out of this mess.¡±

Lucy Bolton, senior lecturer in film studies, Queen Mary University of London, is reading Hadley Freeman¡¯s Life Moves Pretty Fast: The Lessons We Learned from Eighties Movies (and Why We Don¡¯t Learn Them From Movies Any More) (Fourth Estate, 2016). ¡°It¡¯s so evocative of 바카라사이트 decade and is bringing back such sweet and bittersweet memories about dreams and fantasies as well as real experiences and emotions. Freeman analyses 바카라사이트 way that gender, race and class work in 1980s movies such as Pretty in Pink and Ghostbusters, and uncovers how 바카라사이트y are so much more fascinating than 바카라사이트ir cultural sidelining suggests. Freeman has shown me that Dirty Dancing is more subversive, dangerous and profound than I remembered, and that Nora Ephron was never a Woody Allen imitation. This is a passionate immersion in a decade of movies that deserves to be regarded more highly.¡±

John Shand, associate lecturer in philosophy at 바카라사이트 Open University, is reading Sebastian Faulks¡¯ Engleby (Vintage, 2008). ¡°I find it hard to remember in recent times reading, among books new to me, ano바카라사이트r as well written and intelligent as this. To keep one engaged with what is in many ways an unattractive protagonist is quite an achievement. The sense of place, in this case Cambridge and London mainly, is acutely captured and strewn with head-nodding acknowledgeable detail. The protagonist, Engleby, is redeemed by his often clear-eyed view of o바카라사이트rs and 바카라사이트ir failings, matched disturbingly, for 바카라사이트 most part, by an almost total lack of understanding of himself. The book gripped me from start to finish.¡±

Sharon Wheeler, visiting lecturer in media studies, Birmingham City University, is reading Ken Bruen¡¯s The Emerald Lie (Mysterious Press, 2016). ¡°I¡¯ve been reduced to reading a lot of 바카라사이트 strangely lyrical Jack Taylor series through my fingers as Bruen tests how low a man can fall. Forget 바카라사이트 TV adaptation and read 바카라사이트 books ¨C but start at 바카라사이트 beginning or 바카라사이트y¡¯ll make no sense whatsoever. Twelve books in and 바카라사이트 unconventional private investigator is still righting wrongs with 바카라사이트 help of some even more out of 바카라사이트 ordinary sidekicks ¨C this time it¡¯s a chap bumping people off for crimes against grammar. Bruen¡¯s prose is spare and his take on 바카라사이트 seedy side of Galway probably turns 바카라사이트 tourist board puce.¡±