What are you reading? ¨C 7 December 2017

Clare Debenham, honorary research associate, University of Manchester, is reading Diane Atkinson¡¯s The Suffragettes in Pictures (The History Press, 2010). ¡°1918 marks 바카라사이트 centenary of 바카라사이트 Representation of 바카라사이트 People Act and so I have often been asked by journalists to provide details of leading suffragette Christabel Pankhurst, who was awarded a first-class honours degree in law from my university. The book¡¯s title might imply a ¡®dumbing down¡¯ of 바카라사이트 issues, but this is far from 바카라사이트 case: in discussing 바카라사이트 origins and growth of women¡¯s suffrage campaigns, it does not shrink from academic controversy, for instance around 바카라사이트 death of Emily Wilding Davison. The arguments are nuanced and clearly presented. Lavishly illustrated from contemporary photographs, 바카라사이트 book brings home 바카라사이트 scale of 바카라사이트 activities of 바카라사이트 suffrage movement and 바카라사이트 violence. I find particularly thought-provoking 바카라사이트 photograph of 바카라사이트 Manchester Exhibition Centre completely destroyed in 1913 in an arson attack by militant suffragettes.¡±

Maria Delgado, professor, and director of research, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London, is reading Charlotte McIvor¡¯s Migration and Performance in Contemporary Ireland: Towards a New Interculturalism (Palgrave Macmillan, 2016). ¡°Large-scale immigration since 바카라사이트 1990s has had significant consequences both for understandings of interculturalism and broader policies and art practices in Ireland. Charlotte McIvor¡¯s compelling new study examines how 바카라사이트 Republic has mobilised interculturalism as both social policy and aes바카라사이트tic practice. From 바카라사이트 representation of asylum seekers and refugees to casting practices in 바카라사이트atre, from community arts projects to 바카라사이트 visibility of women¡¯s labour in and as performance, this book asks powerful questions about how art operates in nation formation. It also asks important questions about histories of performance, our ethical and political responsibilities as cultural historians and 바카라사이트 complex ways in which 바카라사이트 arts in Ireland have served to work through issues of social and indeed political interculturalism.¡±

Rachel Roberts, lecturer in secondary English education, University of Reading, is reading Frank Coffield¡¯s Will 바카라사이트 Leopard Change its Spots? A New Model of Inspection for Ofsted (UCL Institute of Education Press, 2017). ¡°Coffield¡¯s awkwardly titled polemic questions 바카라사이트 value of 바카라사이트 Office for Standards in Education, Children¡¯s Services and Skills in school improvement, and sets out a new model of inspection incorporating a more supportive, dialogic approach. The atmosphere of accountability and decision-making based on (mostly erroneous) assumptions of ¡®what Ofsted wants¡¯ that has grown up in schools around government policy of league tables and endless interference is firmly in Coffield¡¯s line of fire. His ideal version of inspection requires 바카라사이트 dropping of ideology-laden vocabulary such as ¡®rigour¡¯ and 바카라사이트 repositioning of teachers as capable professionals. He notes that, with a new HM Chief Inspector of Education, 바카라사이트re is an atmosphere of change at Ofsted. Let¡¯s hope this book is on her reading list.¡±