This year Liverpool University Press will be 120 years old. The UK’s third oldest university press, after Oxford and Cambridge, came into being on the 4th October 1899 with its founding Secretary/Director an Irish immigrant to Liverpool ‘possessed (of) a semi-divine inspiration, being endowed with a fertile imagination and a robust constitution,’ who left school … Continue reading
Artistic works inspired by the Great Famine struggle to do it justice, but they keep the memory alive
This piece was originally published on The Conversation. How do you represent in film an experience as keen and painful as hunger? Director Lance Daly’s recently released film Black ‘47 – a revenge epic set during the 1840s Irish famine – is the latest attempt to depict the devastating catastrophe which left more than a million dead … Continue reading
How Battles Over Booze Shaped Modern Liverpool – In Conversation with David Beckingham
How did Liverpool transform its 19th century reputation for drunkenness? David Beckingham, author of The Licensed City explains the social impact of licensing laws in a city centred on drinking culture. What made you decide to study Liverpool and what did you focus on in your research? For much of the nineteenth century, Liverpool enjoyed a terrible … Continue reading
Archaeology and The Anarchy
The long-awaited paperback edition of The Anarchy is now available! We caught up with authors Oliver H. Creighton and Duncan W. Wright to discuss what archaeology can tell us about this turbulent time in Britain's history. Could you explain a bit about the history behind the ‘Anarchy’ and King Stephen’s reign? The dramatic epithet ‘The Anarchy’ has … Continue reading
The Sixties and Youth Culture – A Distinctly Irish Experience
How was Ireland affected by the international youth culture of the Sixties? Author Carole Holohan discusses the pros and cons of life as a young adult in Sixties Ireland and reveals some of the surprising discoveries she made whilst writing her new book, Reframing Irish Youth in the Sixties. How was the reformulation of youth key … Continue reading
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