Tag: Book Review
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Let the People Sing! A Story of Craigmillar by Helen Crummy
Written by Mhairi Ferrier. In a review of Let the People Sing! Mhairi explores the impact of the Community Arts Movement on Craigmillar, a neighbourhood in the south east of Edinburgh.
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Greg Jenner’s Dead Famous: An Unexpected History of Celebrity
Written by Melissa Kane. Greg Jenner’s most recent book covers the history of celebrity. By juxtaposing historical examples alongside the contemporary, he encourages us to reconsider our own notions of celebrity and its accompanying culture.
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‘Awful and Lovely’: Bettany Hughes discusses her recent publication – ‘Venus and Aphrodite: History of a Goddess’ – with Daisy Dunn
Written by Hazel Atkinson. Bettany Highes’ latest book discusses the history of Aphrodite and Venus. In a recent talk, what did she have to say about representations of the goddess?
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Book Review of The Europe Illusion: Britain, France, Germany and the Long History of European Integration (2019) by Stuart Sweeney.
Written by Inge Erdal. Stuart Sweeney takes a broad and ambitious approach to European integration in his 2019 work, but how does this fit into European historiography? And how does it call us to go further with European history?
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