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Humanities & Social SciencesMarch 2026Justifying (in)justice
Discourses of crime and punishment in the wake of the 2011 English riots
by Chloe Peacock
Justifying (in)justice reveals how processes of ignorance are vital to legitimising punitive and discriminatory criminal justice policy and practices. Focusing on the state's startlingly harsh response to the English 'riots' of 2011, the book draws together unique insights from interviews with prosecutors, sentencers, defence lawyers and policymakers at the heart of the response, alongside analysis of media and political debates. Peacock explores the forms of unknowing that were mobilised to justify and normalise the harsh and inequitable punishment of the 'rioters', from amnesia about police racism and Britain's long history of unrest, to widespread denial about the violence of the prison system. Looking to recent events in Britain and beyond, the book offers timely insight into the cultural processes underpinning the punitive systems that disproportionately harm marginalised and racially minoritised communities.
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March 2018Goethe und Sylvie
Briefe und Gedichte
by Paul Raabe
Ab 1776 war Goethe häufig zu Gast bei August Friedrich Carl von Ziegesar, Minister in Gothaischen Diensten und Berater von Herzog Carl August von Sachsen-Weimar. 1802 lernt er in Jena auch dessen jüngste Tochter Sylvie (1785 – 1855) kennen. In der Folge tauschen die beiden Briefe aus, Goethe wird später Pate ihres ersten Kindes. Die Ottilie aus seinem Roman Die Wahlverwandtschaften soll Sylvie nachgebildet sein. »Deutschlands bekanntester Bibliothekar«, Paul Raabe, hat alle Dokumente dieser wenig bekannten Freundschaft gesammelt und mit einem Essay versehen. Die Texte, erstmals 1961 erschienen, macht die Insel-Bücherei nun endlich wieder zugänglich.
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The ArtsMay 2012Troy Kennedy Martin
by Lez Cooke, Jonathan Bignell, Sarah Cardwell, Steven Peacock
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The ArtsMay 2012Tony Garnett
by Stephen Lacey, Jonathan Bignell, Sarah Cardwell, Steven Peacock
Tony Garnett is the first book-length study of one of the most respected and prolific producers working in British television. From ground-breaking dramas from the 1960s such as Up the Junction and Cathy Come Home to the 'must see' series in the 1990s and 2000s such as This Life and The Cops, Garnett has produced some of the most important and influential British television drama. This book charts Garnett's career from his early days as an actor to his position as executive producer and head of World Productions. Drawing on personal interviews, archival research, contextual analysis and selected case studies, Tony Garnett examines the ways in which Garnett has helped to define the role of the producer in British television drama. Arguing that Garnett was both a key creative and political influence on the work he produced and an enabler of the work of others, the book traces his often combative relationships with broadcasting institutions (especially the BBC). Additionally, the study discusses the films he made for the cinema and considers some of the ways in which Garnett's experiments in film technology 16 mm in the 1960s, digital video in the 1990s have shaped his creative output. Tony Garnett will be of interest to all levels of researchers and students of British television drama, media and film. ;
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November 2011Lynda La Plante
by Julia Hallam, Jonathan Bignell, Sarah Cardwell, Steven Peacock
Lynda La Plante is Britain's most successful and well known screenwriter and the first woman to win the prestigious Dennis Potter writer's award. Attracting millions of viewers, the popular and critical success of La Plante's work is central to understanding changes that shook the UK television industry in the late twentieth century. This critical introduction, the first account of her work, focuses on three innovative serials: Widows (ITV, 1983), Prime Suspect (ITV 1991) and Trial and Retribution (ITV 1997). In each chapter questions of gender and genre, acting and stardom and authorship and value are mapped against the changing relationship between women and the television industry. The final chapter traces La Plante's metamorphosis from 'just a writer for hire' to the astute businesswoman she has become through a focus on the trans-national appeal of dramas such as Killer Net (C4 1997) and Bella Mafia (CBS 1997). ;
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The ArtsMay 2005Andrew Davies
by Sarah Cardwell, Jonathan Bignell, Sarah Cardwell, Steven Peacock
One of Britain's foremost TV practitioners, Andrew Davies is the creator of programmes such as 'A Very Peculiar Practice', 'To Serve Them All My Days', 'Pride and Prejudice', 'Othello' and 'The Way We Live Now'. Although best known for his adaptations of the work of writers such as Jane Austen and George Eliot, he has written numerous original drama series, single plays, films, stage plays and books. This volume offers a critical appraisal of Davies's work, and assesses his contribution to British television. Cardwell also explores the conventional notions of authorship and auteurism which are challenged by Davies's work. Can we identify Davies as the author of the varied texts attributed to him? If so, does an awareness of his authorial role aid our interpretation and evaluation of those texts? How does the phenomenon of adaptation affect the issue of authorship? How important is 'the author' to television? This book will appeal to both an academic readership, and to the many people who have taken pleasure in Davies's work. ;
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The ArtsMay 2016Jimmy McGovern
by Steve Blandford, Jonathan Bignell, Sarah Cardwell, Steven Peacock
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The ArtsNovember 2019David Milch
by Jonathan Bignell, Sarah Cardwell, Steven Peacock, Jason Jacobs
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April 2026Little People, Big Dreams – Steven Spielberg
Deutsche Ausgabe
by María Isabel Sánchez Vegara, Keith Negley, Svenja Becker
Steven war sechs Jahre alt, als seine Eltern ihn zum ersten Mal mit ins Kino nahmen. The Greatest Show on Earth hieß der Film und Steven war so beeindruckt, dass sich fortan bei ihm alles ums Kino drehte. Sein erster Film, mit elf, zeigt die Kollision zweier Züge seiner Spielzeugeisenbahn. Mit 14 spannte er Nachbarskinder und Schulfreunde für einen Film ein, mit dem er den ersten Preis bei einem Amateur-Festival gewann. Es war der Beginn einer großen Karriere: Der weiße Hai, Jurassic Park, Schindlers Liste, Indiana Jones – seine Filme sind legendär, und Steven Spielberg wurde zu einem der erfolgreichsten Regisseure weltweit. Little People, Big Dreams erzählt von den beeindruckenden Lebensgeschichten großer Menschen: Jede dieser Persönlichkeiten, ob Philosophin, Forscherin oder Sportler, hat Unvorstellbares erreicht. Dabei begann alles, als sie noch klein waren: mit großen Träumen. Empfohlen ab 4 Jahren
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Humanities & Social SciencesJanuary 2019The British tradition of minority government
by Timothy Peacock
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Literature & Literary StudiesJanuary 2004Steven Berkoff and the theatre of self-performance
by Robert Cross
This book is the first substantial study of Steven Berkoff's career, examining the construction and projection of his notorious public persona through his plays and writings. ;
