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Around Woking
This fascinating volume of old images traces some of the development in Woking during the 1920s and early 1930s. Drawn from the archive of Woking photographer Sidney Francis, this collection of over 200 photographs, many never before published, highlights some of the important events that have occurred in the town during this time, including rare views of Woking Football Club, specialist Motor Bodies, officials at Brookwood cemetery and visitors to Woking Mosque. Accompanied by supporting text, each image offers a period glimpse into the past, sure to appeal to those who wish to recall a bygone age, whilst ensuring that the legacy of Sidney Francis will not be forgotten.
Shield
Presents a collection of poems that are inspired by the shield forged by Hephaestus in "The Iliad," in which the author attempts to forge a shield for the present day.
Remembering Dennis Potter Through Fans, Extras and Archives
An accessible case study of television heritage, Remembering Dennis Potter Through Fans, Extras and Archive draws on the memories of fans and extras of Potter's productions. In providing insight into issues of visibility, memory and television production, it fulfils a vital need for better understanding of television production history as heritage.
Introduction to Company Law
Part of the 'Clarendon Law Series' this volume offers a concise introduction to company law. It sets out the five key functions of company law, as well as examining how to maximise the benefits whilst minimising the costs of creating a company.
Digital Finance in Europe: Law, Regulation, and Governance
Global finance is in the middle of a radical transformation fueled by innovative financial technologies. The coronavirus pandemic has accelerated the digitization of retail financial services in Europe. Institutional interest and digital asset markets are also growing blurring the boundaries between the token economy and traditional finance. Blockchain, AI, quantum computing and decentralised finance (DeFI) are setting the stage for a global battle of business models and philosophies. The post-Brexit EU cannot afford to ignore the promise of digital finance. But the Union is struggling to keep pace with global innovation hubs, particularly when it comes to experimenting with new digital form...
Translating Myth
Ever since Odysseus heard tales of his own exploits being retold among strangers, audiences and readers have been alive to the complications and questions arising from the translation of myth. How are myths taken and carried over into new languages, new civilizations, or new media? An international group of scholars is gathered in this volume to present diverse but connected case studies which address the artistic and political implications of the changing condition of myth – this most primal and malleable of forms. ‘Translation’ is treated broadly to encompass not only literary translation, but also the transfer of myth across cultures and epochs. In an age when the spiritual world is in crisis, Translating Myth constitutes a timely exploration of myth’s endurance, and represents a consolidation of the status of myth studies as a discipline in its own right.
Geoffrey Tristram
For nearly thirty years, Geoffrey Oliver Tristram (GOT) was the celebrated Organist and Master of the Choristers at Christchurch Priory. He set a high standard for both organ performance and choral direction still widely revered and celebrated. This book charts GOT’s life from his birth in Stourbridge, Worcestershire, in 1917 to his sudden death at the age of just 61. It looks at his career as student, teacher, choirmaster, accompanist and, especially, celebrated recitalist, at home and abroad. Drawing heavily on primary source material, including family archives and photographs, the book is complemented and underpinned by the memories and reminiscences of relations, friends, colleagues, p...
Discovering Dylan Thomas
Discovering Dylan Thomas is a companion to Dylan Thomas’s published and notebook poems. It includes hitherto-unseen material contained in the recently-discovered fifth notebook, alongside poems, drafts and critical material including summaries of the critical reception of individual poems. The introductory essay considers the task of editing and annotating Thomas, the reception of the Collected Poems and the state of the Dylan Thomas industry, and the nature of Thomas’s reading, ‘influences’, allusions and intertextuality. It is followed by supplementary poems, including juvenilia and the notebook poems ‘The Woman Speaks’, original versions of ‘Grief thief of time’ and ‘I f...
British Television Drama in the 1980s
On British television drama in the 1980's
BACHELOR'S FAMILY
Vere Tolladine, a successful businessman, needed help. He’d been taking care of his late brother’s wife and her children and couldn’t keep doing it alone. So Fabienne became his live-in nanny. Vere is unfailingly kind to everyone…except Fabienne! She can’t understand why Vere treats her differently, but she can’t stop thinking about him. Fabienne has conflicting feelings about Vere that become even more complicated when she realizes that Vere is in love with his sister-in-law…
