Ahead of the Spring/Autumn 2023 issue of The Journal of Beatles Studies we bring you a special preview of its introduction, written by co-editors Holly Tessler and Paul Long. They reflect on the nature of Beatles Studies, seeking contributions from across the spectrum of Beatles scholarship, and the potential power of Open Access research to empower readers and contributors alike.
The Art School in the Attic
An Exhibition History of Victorian Leeds by Rebecca Wade reveals the origins of Leeds’ permanent cultural institutions and the influential networks that shaped the city’s relationship with fine and decorative arts, industry and the sciences. To mark the publication of this new book, the author explores a small but significant space that held the first … Continue reading
The Soho Manufactory, Mint and Foundry, West Midlands: Where Boulton, Watt and Murdoch made History
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
The Architecture of Steam
The Architecture of Steam: Waterworks and the Victorian Sanitary Crisis by James Douet weaves for the first time architectural and social history with industrial and engineering progress to show how waterworks pulled nineteenth-century towns back from the Sanitary Crisis that menaced civilized urban life. To celebrate this new Historic England publication, the author has put together … Continue reading
The Journal of Beatles Studies invites submissions for its second issue, to be published in Summer, 2023
The Journal of Beatles Studies invites submissions for its second issue, to be published in Summer, 2023.
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