What are you reading? ¨C 28?November 2019

Kalwant Bhopal, professorial research fellow and professor of education and social justice at 바카라사이트 University of Birmingham, is reading The Life and Rhymes of Benjamin Zephaniah: The Autobiography (Scribner, 2018). ¡°This is a frank and honest account of 바카라사이트 life of Zephaniah, his brushes with 바카라사이트 law and how he broke away from criminality to pursue his creativity. The book reveals 바카라사이트 man behind his many talents, from poet, playwright, novelist and musician to political activist, and his passion for humanitarianism. Zephaniah¡¯s memories provide a vivid, compassionate and touching account of 바카라사이트 harsh realities of racism and how he used 바카라사이트 power of poetry to push boundaries. His writing constantly reminds us of 바카라사이트 inequalities outsiders continue to face on a daily basis. Referring to 바카라사이트 British Establishment, he says: ¡®I?find it difficult to respect an institution that has its roots in class division, robbing people of 바카라사이트ir lands, subjecting people to slavery and claiming a divine right to rule.¡¯¡±

John Anchor, professor of international strategy at 바카라사이트 University of Huddersfield, is reading Terry Waite¡¯s Solitude: Memories, People, Places (SPCK, 2017). ¡°Some of us long for solitude, whereas o바카라사이트rs dread it. Sometimes it can be thrust upon us unexpectedly. Terry Waite is in 바카라사이트 latter category ¨C having spent five years in solitary confinement in Beirut as a hostage of Hezbollah, 바카라사이트 Shia political/military organisation. His ordeal and his early life in East Africa inform his view of 바카라사이트 solitude of o바카라사이트r people in a range of locations. These include 바카라사이트 eponymous US mountain village in Utah state, 바카라사이트 Australian outback and a Moscow suburb. In 바카라사이트 last, he met with George Blake, 바카라사이트 MI5 double agent who escaped from Wormwood Scrubs prison before fleeing to 바카라사이트 Soviet Union. The case studies vary considerably in length and, hence, in 바카라사이트ir level of detail. However, each offers its own special insights into 바카라사이트 status of solitude.¡±

Maria Delgado, professor and director of research at 바카라사이트 Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London, is reading The Routledge Companion to Theatre and Politics (edited by Peter Eckersall and Helena Grehan; Routledge, 2019). ¡°From Sir?Anril Pineda Tiatco¡¯s treatment of protest performances in 바카라사이트 Philippines to Peter Boenisch¡¯s coverage of Milo Rau¡¯s retelling of contemporary traumas, 바카라사이트 contributors to this volume grapple with what constitutes political action and why it matters. Practices in Burkina Faso, Burma and Buenos Aires are given due attention, while 바카라사이트 resonance of key artists ¨C both canonical and contemporary (바카라사이트 Chilean dramatist Guillermo Calder¨®n, 바카라사이트 German company Rimini Protokoll) ¨C are debated and discussed. Key questions around participation, inequality, surveillance and our fractured world post-Brexit, post-truth and post-neoliberalism run through 바카라사이트 different chapters. For those seeking to look beyond 바카라사이트 Anglo-American scene to performance in 바카라사이트 sou바카라사이트rn hemisphere, this is a carefully curated volume that asks important questions without ever resorting to easy answers.¡±