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'A woyage o' diskivery': Thomas J. Williams' The Peep-Show Man (1868) and the victorian performative text (2009)
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This article focuses upon the variant manuscripts of a play concerning a travelling peep-show man. The evidence reveals that like the hero, the text travels widely and undergoes significant textual changes according to the medium in which it appears.

Book review: Janice Peck, The Age of Oprah: Cultural Icon for the Neoliberal Era. Paradigm Publishers, 2008. (2009)
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Brands, markets and charitable ethics: MTV exit campaign (2009)
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MTV's EXIT campaign to raise awareness about the trafficking of women highlights the difficulties faced by charitable organisation when using audience research to evaluate the effectiveness of their media campaigns. To connect with audiences whose et... Read More about Brands, markets and charitable ethics: MTV exit campaign.

On the circularity of democratic justice (2009)
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In this article, I argue that justice and democracy stand in a circular relationship: just outcomes emerge from democratic deliberations, but only if such deliberations meet the standards of justice. I develop my argument by engaging in a critical di... Read More about On the circularity of democratic justice.

‘“A call to action”: The Committee on British Communities Abroad, 1919-20 (2009)
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A strictly Millian approach to the definition of the proper name (2009)
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A strictly Millian approach to proper names is defended, i.e. one in which expressions when used properly ('onymically') refer directly, i.e. without the semantic intermediaryship of the words that appear to comprise them. The approach may appear sel... Read More about A strictly Millian approach to the definition of the proper name.

Little angels or evil brats - children in the media (2009)
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The archive and the detail (2009)
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A discussion of historical methodology and historical consciousness, cultural change, social relations, human singularity and imaginative life, cultural difference, social feeling and cultural attachment.

Urban policy and urban political culture: Henry VII and his towns (2009)
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Henry VII has established a widely-recognized reputation for the assiduousness of his governance. For all the research conducted on Henry's handling of central government machinery, however, little scholarly effort has concentrated on the king's poli... Read More about Urban policy and urban political culture: Henry VII and his towns.

Network constraints in EU banking regulation: The capital requirements directive (2009)
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Abstract The ongoing financial turmoil has brought into sharp relief the importance of financial services regulation. Yet, we still know relatively little about how financial regulation is negotiated within the EU, in particular which policy actors a... Read More about Network constraints in EU banking regulation: The capital requirements directive.

The tripartite forum of dialogue: Is this the solution to the 'problem' of Gibraltar? (2009)
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Following the abortive attempt by Britain and Spain to negotiate the joint sovereignty of Gibraltar in 2001 - 02, the incoming Spanish Government in 2004 proposed the establishment of a Forum of Dialogue, in which for the first time Gibraltar would t... Read More about The tripartite forum of dialogue: Is this the solution to the 'problem' of Gibraltar?.

'I want hold Postman Pat': An investigation into the acquisition of infinitival marker 'to' (2009)
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Infinitival-to omission errors (e.g., *I want hold Postman Pat) are produced by many English-speaking children early in development. This article aims to explain these omissions by investigating the emergence of infinitival-to, and its production/omi... Read More about 'I want hold Postman Pat': An investigation into the acquisition of infinitival marker 'to'.

The loss of grammatical gender in cappadocian greek (2009)
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Cappadocian Greek is an extreme case of language change and dialectal variation among the Modern Greek dialects in having lost the tripartite grammatical gender distinction into masculine, feminine and neuter nominals, a distinction operative in Gree... Read More about The loss of grammatical gender in cappadocian greek.

Angels (2009)
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An article written on the BBC drama Angels for Videoactive, a project funded within the eContentplus programme of the European Commission. This is an EU funded project that aims to create access to television archives across Europe in order to enabl... Read More about Angels.

Book review: British and Irish home arts and industries 1880 - 1914: Marketing craft, making fashion (2009)
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A review of Janice Helland's British and Irish Home Arts and Industries 1800 - 1914: Marketing Craft, Making Fashion

Interview: Allan Cubitt (2009)
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Allan Cubitt is an important contemporary writer who has worked in fringe theatre, television and film. The interview was the first critical profile he has received and thus an original contribution to the history of screenwriting and British cinema.... Read More about Interview: Allan Cubitt.

Introduction (2009)
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This was a themed issue of the Journal and the first to focus on the issue of screenwriting/the screenwriter. This was path-breaking in relation to British cinema where this topic has hardly begun to be addressed. The issue, that included academics,... Read More about Introduction.

British culture and society in the 1970's - conference report (2009)
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Contesting the ‘secret grudge’: the image of America in the Edinburgh Review, 1803-1829 (2009)
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From analogues to digital: New resources in Victorian drama (2009)
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This article outlines the key resources that have emerged in the field of mid-Victorian drama. It focussed on the British Library/Royal Holloway Project 'Buried Treasures' and The Victorian Plays Project at Worcester.