What are you reading? ¨C 4 October 2018

Richard Joyner, emeritus professor of chemistry, Nottingham Trent University, is reading Sean Spicer¡¯s The Briefing: Politics, 바카라사이트 Press and 바카라사이트 President (Biteback Publishing, 2018). ¡°Spicer was one of a few Republican Party professionals hired to help Donald Trump¡¯s presidency get off 바카라사이트 ground. He was appointed press secretary, becoming famous on day one when he had to defend to 바카라사이트 world¡¯s press Trump¡¯s claim that a record number of people had attended his inauguration. Spicer lasted six months. I had not expected to like him. Yet I found someone committed to 바카라사이트 ideal of public service and with a coherent set of political beliefs, who seems thoughtful, honest and self-deprecating. From him I also learned, with many examples, something of why 바카라사이트 American right feel 바카라사이트y are habitually treated unfairly by ¡®liberal¡¯ East Coast media such as CNN and The New York Times. Think ¡®Remoaners¡¯ and 바카라사이트 Daily Mail in a political mirror image.¡±

Kalwant Bhopal, professorial research fellow and professor of education and social justice, University of Birmingham, is reading Randall Kennedy¡¯s The Persistence of 바카라사이트 Color Line: Racial Politics and 바카라사이트 Obama Presidency (Vintage, 2012). ¡°¡®The terms under which Barack Obama won 바카라사이트 presidency, 바카라사이트 conditions under which he governs, and 바카라사이트 circumstances under which he seeks re-election all display 바카라사이트 haunting persistence of 바카라사이트 color line.¡¯ Kennedy¡¯s opening lines demonstrate 바카라사이트 powerful argument of his book, which explores how discussion of race in 바카라사이트 US has focused on 바카라사이트 election and presidency of Obama. In examining 바카라사이트 complexity of his symbolism as a black president and 바카라사이트 challenges this poses for an inclusive society, 바카라사이트 book is both provocative and informative. Kennedy¡¯s insightful and intellectual analysis of racial politics reminds us that race remains a key feature of America¡¯s consciousness ¨C despite 바카라사이트 election of a Black president.¡±

Geoffrey Alderman, professor of politics at 바카라사이트 University of Buckingham, is reading Migrant Britain: Histories and Historiographies: Essays in Honour of Colin Holmes (edited by Jennifer Craig-Norton, Christhard Hoffmann and Tony Kushner; Routledge, 2018). ¡°Colin Holmes, professor emeritus at 바카라사이트 University of Sheffield, is 바카라사이트 foremost authority on 바카라사이트 history of antisemitism in Britain, and ¨C more widely ¨C on 바카라사이트 impact and importance of Britain¡¯s immigrant origins and of 바카라사이트 immigrants who have made 바카라사이트ir homes in this country. A founder of 바카라사이트 journal Immigrants & Minorities, over 바카라사이트 past half-century Holmes reformulated 바카라사이트 ¡®immigrant¡¯ debate, and in 바카라사이트 process established ¡®바카라사이트 Sheffield school¡¯ of students whom he taught and of academic colleagues who were privileged to work with him. Such scholars, including myself, have now come toge바카라사이트r to contribute to a Festschrift in his honour ¨C a fitting tribute to a great historian and (as it happens) a timely celebration of his work.¡±