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'On Corkscrew Hill' chronicles a journey through the contemporary
landscape of a nation on its knees. From the prospect of economic
oblivion to mounting social problems and a decaying health system,
from bankers to builders to the emasculated Irish male, Stephen
Murray asks, in a place approaching a century of independence, what
it really means to be Irish.
Notre-Dame of Amiens is one of the great Gothic cathedrals. Its
construction began in 1220, and artistic production in the Gothic
mode lasted well into the sixteenth century. In this magisterial
chronicle, Stephen Murray invites readers to see the cathedral as
more than just a thing of the past: it is a living document of
medieval Christian society that endures in our own time. Murray
tells the cathedral's story from the overlapping perspectives of
the social groups connected to it, exploring the ways that the
layfolk who visit the cathedral occasionally, the clergy who use it
daily, and the artisans who created it have interacted with the
building over the centuries. He considers the cycles of human
activity around the cathedral and shows how groups of makers and
users have been inextricably intertwined in collaboration and,
occasionally, conflict. The book travels around and through the
spaces of the cathedral, allowing us to re-create similar passages
by our medieval predecessors. Murray reveals the many worlds of the
cathedral and brings them together in the architectural triumph of
its central space. A beautifully illustrated account of a grand,
historically and religiously important building from a variety of
perspectives and in a variety of time periods, this book offers
readers a memorable tour of Notre-Dame of Amiens that celebrates
the cathedral's eight hundredth anniversary. Notre-Dame of Amiens
is enhanced by high-resolution images, liturgical music, and
animations embedded in an innovative website.
Lehr- und Handbuch zum erfolgreichen Borsengang von
Hochschullehrern und Experten des IPO (Initial Public Offering)"
In "Homosexualities," one of the world's leading authorities on
global homosexualities has produced a magnum opus. Breathtaking in
its historical and geographical scope, Stephen O. Murray's landmark
work provides a sweeping examination of the construction of male
and female homosexualities, stressing both the variability of the
forms same-sex desire can take and the key recurring patterns it
has formed throughout history. From imperial China to Tudor
England, and from medieval Egypt to the Ottoman Empire to
modern-day Japan, Murray expertly explores the full range of both
behavior and meaning in same-sex relationships.
Four vintage episodes from the classic seafaring sitcom, including
the original pilot episode and the final regular episode Operation
Fag End ('Working Their Passage') 5 April 1959 New head honcho
Commander Povey is heading to the island to inspect the crew - just
as Pertwee's consignment of 50,000 smuggled cigarettes is about to
arrive... The Bugged and Burgled Beer ('Bugging') 1 October 1967
Pertwee has a purchasing problem: the two cases of beer he sold to
his customers have ended up in Povey's custody. Can a bugging
device help him recover his haul? Number One's Anniversary ('Biff
Boff Boffing Their Way Through') 11 July 1971 With his first
wedding anniversary approaching, Mr Murray is in a bad mood - and
Captain Povey is in trouble after switching the photos of two
applicants for his wife's advertisement for an au pair. Captain
Wilberforce Pertwee ('Having a History Lesson')18 January 1976
After Pertwee's ingenious defence gets Phillips acquitted at a
court martial, he recounts how he got his inventiveness from his
wily Great-Great-Grandfather Wilberforce Pertwee. Starring Jon
Pertwee, Leslie Phillips, Richard Caldicot, Stephen Murray and
Tenniel Evans, with Dennis Price, Ronnie Barker, Michael Bates,
Heather Chasen, Pamela Buck, Norma Ronald and April Walker.
A book of 31 sermons that can be used by anyone for guidance in
every day life.
In-Company TVET in the Developing World This ground-breaking and
practical study addresses the issue of training within companies
and among groupings of companies and other stakeholders such as
training centres and government agencies. The first part of the
book uses current theory to investigate the topic of innovation in
training. The second part analyses the reality of vocational
training and presents a series of best practices based on
experiences in sectors such as textile manufacture in South Africa,
mining in Indonesia and oil and gas in India. The book confirms
that long- term self-sufficiency in poor communities can be greatly
aided by educating people from apprentices to mastercraftsmen to
use their talent and the opportunities offered by their local
environment, all achieved with the cooperation of firms and other
stakeholders.
Taking Our Amusements Seriously: The Realist One-Act Play in the
English Theatre, 1900 to 1920. This study looks at the one-act
play-form during what was arguably its greatest period, from the
end of Queen Victorias reign to the years after the First World
War. The author analyses the form very carefully in terms of
aesthetic and social considerations. He argues that it played a
central part in the "theatricalisation" of the music hall, the
presentation of critical social commentary, the campaign for
improved social rights and suffrage for women, and the discussion
about the suffering by soldiers and civilians alike during the time
of the Great War. The author addresses these issues by identifying
the key foreign and native influences on the development of the
short play, and by looking in minute detail at the plays
themselves.
The 'Crags' is a typical suburban area, a place where people spend
money they don't have, to buy things they don't need, to impress
people they don't even like. It's quiet and peaceful. But all of
this is about to change because two neighbours have had an argument
about a fence. From one small, insignificant incident, the bad
feeling and hostilities escalate as they try to get the better of
each other. The battle lines have been drawn, - if you want peace,
prepare for war. One caveat though, if you're of a nervous
disposition or have a particular dislike of violence or
Machiavellian scheming, put this book down right now! You have been
warned.
Twenty years of cleaning windows has given Jack Wilde an
interesting insight into the private lives of others, and what
really goes on behind closed doors. He's about to commit them to
the printed page, and he's holding nothing back!
A historian of medieval art and architecture with a rich
appreciation of literary studies, Stephen Murray brings all those
fields to bear in presenting a new way of understanding the great
Gothic churches of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries: as
rhetorical constructs.
"Plotting Gothic" begins by positioning the rhetoric of the Gothic
as a series of plots, or stories intended for visitors, then
extends that concept to the relationship between a building, its
audience, and the many interlocutors involved in that relationship,
such as builders, scholars, tour guides, and resident clergy. What
were the rhetorical commonplaces that such interlocutors used to
interpret the Gothic when it was new? Drawing on building records
and personal recollections of architects and churchmen, Murray
traces common analogies between rhetoric and architectural space
that date back to late antiquity, then shows how those links were
translated into wood, stone, and space under specific local
conditions. The resulting book offers an invigorating new way to
understand some of the most lasting achievements of the medieval
era.
A 60th anniversary celebration of the much-loved nautical comedy,
featuring six classic episodes plus bonus material On 29 March
1959, The Navy Lark sailed the airwaves for the very first time.
Starring Leslie Phillips, Jon Pertwee and Stephen Murray, with
regular appearances from Ronnie Barker and Heather Chasen, it soon
became a radio favourite and ran for 18 years - one of the
longest-running BBC sitcoms. This anniversary collection comprises
six of the best episodes from the iconic series - Operation Fag End
(5 April 1959), The Hank of Heather (17 May 1959), The Lighthouse
Lark (29 January 1960), A Deliberate Bashing (19 April 1963), When
Sub Lt Phillips Was at Dartmouth (29 October 1967) and The Jubilee
Navy Lark (16 July 1977). Bonus items include a mini-episode from
The Light Entertainment Show; two crossover episodes from spin-off
series The Embassy Lark: National Grumpschnog Week (12 April 1966)
and Sub-Lt Phillips Drops In (16 April 1968), and a discussion from
Bob Holness Presents: Farewell to the Paris, which sees Leslie
Phillips and Jon Pertwee reminiscing about the making of The Navy
Lark. So step aboard HMS Troutbridge for laughs ahoy! PLEASE NOTE:
The CD inlay makes reference to the programme Left Hand Down a Bit.
This programme is not included in the collection.
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