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Dogs have been cherished companions to Carol Reeve throughout her
long life, and a Not Just for Christmasa is a collection of a
tailsa about each one. Following these are more short stories,
humorous verses and playlets, all of which will appeal to young
people and older readers. This is Carol Reeve's eighth book,
following a Soap In My Eyesa , a From Bottisham to Barcombea , a
Stage Righta , a Simply Stage Strucka , a DiVerse Reflectionsa , a
Murder in the Mountainsa and a The Cob Story.a
Many of these stories are based on real events, and the author's
own experiences - such as a visit to the Morteratsch Glacier in
Switzerland with her sister in l966, which inspired "Murder in the
Mountains". An organised coach trip through Austria in 2006 with
her husband and several curious characters is faithfully recorded
in "An Austrian Adventure", but with all the names changed. In the
story "Jennie's Oak" this old tree existed in Hazelbadge Fields in
Poynton, Cheshire where Carol and her family lived for twenty
years. "Bedside Matters" was a painful recollection of the author's
stay in Maccles - field hospital. "The Speaker for Tonight..." was
gleaned from many talks given by the author to various
organisations over several years and is apologetically accurate.
Many of the shorter stories grew out of suggested titles given
during Creative Writing classes, and projects for homework. This
collection follows "Soap In My Eyes", 2005, memories of her career
in television, which is still available to order. "DiVerse Re
flections" published in 2012; "From Bottisham to Barcombe", a
childhood journey through the second world war; "Stage Right",
sketches and monologues for ladies; "Simply Stage Struck", the art
of acting for amateurs, are all available from Fast-Print
Publishers. In 2011, Carol wrote "The Cob Story", published
privately in Porthmadog for the U3A, to celebrate the 200th
anniversary of the building of the great embankment.
Diverse Reflections is a fascinating mixture of humorous,
tongue-in-cheek and occasionally serious verses, written during a
long lifetime by Carol Reeve. Carol was born in Cambridgeshire in
1931, studied drama in London, then married and moved to Cheshire
where for over twenty years she enjoyed a career in television
while standing as a Parish and Borough Councillor in Poynton and
Macclesfield, alongside her husband. They retired to Wales in 2001,
where Carol has intrigued Women's Institutes, U3As and other groups
with her amusing talk about TV and theatre, as well as setting up a
drama group for young people and taking part in amateur
productions. She has found time to write five books, and decided to
put this one together at the suggestion of her son and daughter,
for their children.
Carol Reeve was trained at the Guildhall school of Music and Drama,
worked in Repertory and on tour. She also joined various amateur
companies, notably the Cambridge Theatre Group, and later the
Poynton Players in Cheshire, where she set up the Poynton Jackals,
(Junior Acting Class). Most recently she performed with and also
directed the Starlight Players in Criccieth, North Wales, where she
established the SPYDERS, the Startlight Players Youth Drama
Section. For over twenty give years she appeared in many television
dramas, as described in her book "Soap In My Eyes" (Athena Press)
and she still gives talks to women's institutes and other groups.
Carol Reeve was trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama,
spent over twenty years in television, is a life member of Equity
and has written innumerable plays and sketches for various amateur
dramatic groups. She has recently performed with and directed the
Criccieth Starlight Players, set up a youth drama group and still
gives talks to WI and TWG members, and many other groups, based on
her amusing book 'Soap In My Eyes'.
The Second World War brought lasting social and personal changes
into the lives of families in the small village of Bottisham in
Cambridgeshire, not least for the local doctor and especially for
his daughter around whom this story revolves. She is finally sent
away to an eccentric private boarding school in Barcombe, Sussex,
where music and painting override everything else.
The "Intertext "series has been specifically designed to meet the
needs of contemporary English Language Studies. Working with Texts:
a core introduction to language analysis (second edition 2001) is
the foundation text, which is complemented by a range of 'satellite
titles. These provide students with hands-on practical experience
of textual analysis through special topics, and can be used
individually or in conjunction with Working with Texts.
"The Language of Science":
- Explores the way in which scientific language is used (and, at
times, abused) by politicians, the media and ourselves.
- Demonstrates the interaction between linguistics and
science.
- Is illustrated with a wide range of examples from the MMR vaccine
to AIDs and the biological weapons debate, and includes a glossary
as well as ideas for further reading.
- Looks at the role of 'names' and 'labels' in assigning levels of
importance to scientific phenomenon.
- Examines the use of scientific language and the derogatory
connotations it may denote as it is used amongst individuals.
The "Intertext "series has been specifically designed to meet the
needs of contemporary English Language Studies. Working with Texts:
a core introduction to language analysis (second edition 2001) is
the foundation text, which is complemented by a range of 'satellite
titles. These provide students with hands-on practical experience
of textual analysis through special topics, and can be used
individually or in conjunction with Working with Texts.
"The Language of Science":
- Explores the way in which scientific language is used (and, at
times, abused) by politicians, the media and ourselves.
- Demonstrates the interaction between linguistics and
science.
- Is illustrated with a wide range of examples from the MMR vaccine
to AIDs and the biological weapons debate, and includes a glossary
as well as ideas for further reading.
- Looks at the role of 'names' and 'labels' in assigning levels of
importance to scientific phenomenon.
- Examines the use of scientific language and the derogatory
connotations it may denote as it is used amongst individuals.
Craig-y-nos Castle, on the edge of the Brecon Beacons in South
Wales, was the home of the world famous opera singer, Adelina
Patti. After her death in 1919, it became a tuberculosis
sanatorium, mainly for children and young adults. The 'Children of
Craig-y-nos' project was begun in 2006 by Ann Shaw who had spent
four years there from the age of nine to thirteen. The launch of
her blog (www.craig-y-nos.blogspot.com) to collect the memories of
ex-patients and staff was so successful that within a year over a
hundred stories and 1200 photographs, mostly taken by the children
themselves, had been contributed. There followed three photographic
exhibitions, radio programmes, a reunion at Craig-y-nos Castle, and
a Lottery grant to produce this book. But despite a romantic
location, this is not a fairy tale. TB affected the whole community
- physically, socially and emotionally. It was the disease never
spoken about except in hushed whispers. Craig-y-nos was called a
hospital but it had all the hallmarks of a prison for sick
children. Even at a distance of fifty or sixty years, some people
broke down when reliving deeply buried memories. Others were unable
to talk at all but communicated entirely though e.mail. A few
remember physical and sexual abuse by staff. Stomach wash-outs
terrified toddlers. Use of restraint by tying children to cot and
bed railings was justified by over-stretched staff but criticized
by hospital inspectors. Even keeping five-year-olds in high-sided
cots could be interpreted as a form of imprisonment. The physical
isolation of Craig-y-nos was another. Only one young woman admits
to successful escape although several teenagers and children made
abortive bids for freedom. Although this is an historical study, TB
is not a disease of history. The World Health Organization in 1993
declared TB a public health emergency. An estimated 8.8 million
people were diagnosed with TB in 2005 and 1.6 million died of it.
But however difficult it becomes to control tuberculosis both
locally and globally, one thing is certain. Those infected will
never again be isolated from the rest of society because history
has shown that policing infectious diseases is neither workable nor
humane. Ann Shaw was born in Crickhowell, Powys, and worked as a
journalist on newspapers in London, Lancashire, Yorkshire and
Edinburgh before joining the Glasgow Herald as a Feature Writer. In
1997, she enrolled as a mature student at Glasgow School of Art in
order to fulfil a lifelong ambition to be an artist. She now lives
in Bridge-of-Allan, Scotland. Carole Reeves is the Outreach
Historian, Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine,
University College London. She develops projects designed to
further public interest in the history of medicine, and helps
others to do so.
A Cultural History of The Human Body presents an authoritative
survey from ancient times to the present. This set of six volumes
covers 2800 years of the human body as a physical, social,
spiritual and cultural object. Volume 1: A Cultural History of the
Human Body in Antiquity (1300 BCE - 500 CE) Edited by Daniel
Garrison, Northwestern University. Volume 2: A Cultural History of
the Human Body in The Medieval Age (500 - 1500) Edited by Linda
Kalof, Michigan State University Volume 3: A Cultural History of
the Human Body in the Renaissance (1400 - 1650) Edited by Linda
Kalof, Michigan State University and William Bynum, University
College London. Volume 4: A Cultural History of the Human Body in
the Enlightenment (1600 - 1800) Edited by Carole Reeves, Wellcome
Trust Centre for the History of Medicine, University College
London. Volume 5: A Cultural History of the Human Body in the Age
of Empire (1800 - 1920) Edited by Michael Sappol, National Library
of Medicine in Washington, DC, and Stephen P. Rice, Ramapo College
of New Jersey. Volume 6: A Cultural History of the Human Body in
the Modern Age (1900-21st Century) Edited by Ivan Crozier,
University of Edinburgh, and Chiara Beccalossi, University of
Queensland. Each volume discusses the same themes in its chapters:
1. Birth and Death 2. Health and Disease 3. Sex and Sexuality 4.
Medical Knowledge and Technology 5. Popular Beliefs 6. Beauty and
Concepts of the Ideal 7. Marked Bodies I: Gender, Race, Class, Age,
Disability and Disease 8. Marked Bodies II: the Bestial, the Divine
and the Natural 9. Cultural Representations of the Body 10. The
Self and Society This means readers can either have a broad
overview of a period by reading a volume or follow a theme through
history by reading the relevant chapter in each volume. Superbly
illustrated, the full six volume set combines to present the most
authoritative and comprehensive survey available on the human body
through history.
From lowly Extra standing around in the freezing cold and pouring
rain to Speaking Part with the coveted honour of someone to hold an
umbrella over her: Carol Reeve has experienced it all, and she
recalls it evocatively and with gentle humour in this charming
memoir of her "Extra"-ordinary career on television. Carol Reeve
studied acting at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, and
began her television career in the 1970s. After living in Poynton,
Cheshire, for thirty years, Carol and her husband Brian retired to
Porthmadog in North Wales in 2001, where Carol has joined the
Cricieth Starlight Players.
The Enlightenment, 1650-1800 was a time when people began to take
stock of their intrinsic worth as individuals. Of course, slaves
were still property, servants and apprentices were indentured,
daughters "belonged" to fathers and brothers, wives to husbands,
and paupers were tethered to their parish. But change was in the
air as increased population, migration and urbanization began to
reshape both national and personal identity. The birth of modern
society in the Enlightenment demanded a rethinking of the human
body in all its forms, from conception to death and beyond. The
history of midwives, medics, colonialists, cross-dressers, corpses,
vampires, witches, beggars, beauties, body snatchers, incest and
immaculate conceptions - all reveal how the body changed in this
age of turbulence and transition. A Cultural History of the Human
Body in the Enlightenment presents an overview of the period with
essays on the centrality of the human body in birth and death,
health and disease, sexuality, beauty and concepts of the ideal,
bodies marked by gender, race, class and disease, cultural
representations and popular beliefs, and self and society.
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