My constant companions during the isolation necessitated by the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 were a group of long-dead popes. Gregory III, Zacharias, Stephen II and his brother Paul I, their luckless successor Pope Constantine II,[1] Constantine’s ruthless deposer Stephen III, and the ostensibly more urbane Hadrian I[2] ruled the see of Rome in the second … Continue reading
Reading Tagore’s ‘The Post Office’ During the Pandemic: Reflections on the Nature of Education
Modern Writers, Transnational Literatures, published by Clemson University Press, examines W.B. Yeats’s and Rabindranath Tagore’s literary engagements with identity, nationalism, and the literary and cultural traditions of Ireland and India. In this blog post, author Ragini Mohite re-visits Tagore’s The Post Office and considers the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on education and societal structures. … Continue reading
Featured in Town Planning Review 92.2: Calling for responsible inclusive planning and healthy cities in Africa
The editors of Town Planning Review (TPR) have selected the following paper as a Featured Viewpoint in TPR 92.2: 'Calling for Responsible Inclusive Planning and post-pandemic Healthy African Cities' by Lauren Andres, John R Byrson, Stuart Paul Denoon-Stevens, Hakeem Bakare, Katrina du Toit and Lorena Melgaço. When asked to describe the paper and highlight its … Continue reading
Liverpool University Press 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 in 2020. Liverpool University Press and our journal editors recognise the important … Continue reading
Reviving forgotten horrors: celebrating the 50th anniversary of The Blood on Satan’s Claw
The Blood on Satan’s Claw, new to Auteur's Devil's Advocates series, explores Piers Haggard's undervalued 1971 film in the wider context of the folk horror sub-genre. In this blog post, author David Evans-Powell reflects on the film's "heathen heritage" on the 50th anniversary of its release. Folk horror has, in a fairly short space of … Continue reading
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