The Soho Manufactory, Mint and Foundry, West Midlands: Where Boulton, Watt and Murdoch made History by George Demidowicz, published by Historic England and Liverpool University Press in February 2022, provides a comprehensive analysis of the ground-breaking historic industrial complex, created to the west of Birmingham in the eighteenth century and associated with Matthew Boulton, James … Continue reading
International Development Planning Review welcomes two new additions to the editorial team
International Development Planning Review is a peer-reviewed journal which provides an interdisciplinary platform for the critical study of development related practices, planning and policy in the global South. We hear from the co-editors of the journal as two new appointments are made to the journal's editorial team.
Liverpool University Press Announces Participation in Path to Open Initiative
Liverpool University Press is delighted to announce its participation in a new Open Access (OA) monograph scheme, Path to Open, in partnership with JSTOR.
History and Dispossession in Dune (2021)
New on the blog: to celebrate the publication of his new book Dystopia and Dispossession in the Hollywood Science Fiction Film, 1979-2017, Harry Warwick revisits its arguments in the light of Denis Villeneuve's 2021 Dune adaptation, which falls outside the book's historical scope.
May Day Mayhem: Setting the scene of The Wicker Man
The Wicker Man by Steve A. Wiggins, explores the position of The Wicker Man (1973) as a 'holiday horror', where energy and tension is tied into the Celtic, pagan traditions of May Day. Beginning with a brief overview of how May Day has been celebrated, this study considers the role of sexuality and fertility in the … Continue reading
