The Battle of Crécy: Missing by Michael Livingston On 26 August 1346, the invading English army at last stood face-to-face with a vastly more numerous French army on a small hill not far from Crécy. A little chapel nearby was tolling the bells for the mid-afternoon prayers when the French began to charge up at the … Continue reading
Awards for Outstanding Reviewers
Liverpool University Press is delighted to announce the Awards for Outstanding Reviewers. Carefully selected by our journal editors, these individuals have provided exceptional service to their disciplines by contributing timely, rigorous and thoughtful peer reviews to some of the leading publications in their fields. Liverpool University Press and our journal editors recognise the important contribution of … Continue reading
David Attwooll (1949-2016): Publisher and Poet, Chair of the LUP Board
If you have published with Liverpool University Press, or read an LUP book or journal article since 2004, you owe a debt to the Press’s Chair, David Attwooll, who has died at the age of 67. In a life lived to the full, David Attwooll managed to cram in many eclectic achievements that were by … Continue reading
TPR authors nominated for top national planning research award
Delivering growth? Evaluating economic governance in England’s South East sub-regions research project by Dave Valler (Oxford Brookes) and Nick Phelps (UCL) has been nominated for top national planning research award and will be free to access for three months. Dave Valler and Nick Phelps are finalists in the Academic Award category at the 2016 Royal Town Planning Institute’s … Continue reading
Author Insights – Gavin O’Toole
This month, The Reinvention of Mexico by Gavin O'Toole's is our chosen #FreeReadFriday title. You can learn about the book below before it's available to download free this Friday (5th of August). 1. What prompted you to write this book? The book was a product of my PhD research on the theme of Mexican nationalism, but also of a sense that not … Continue reading