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In this book is a radical idea. By walking the ancient landscape of
Britain and following the wheel of the year, we can reconnect to
our shared folklore, to the seasons and to nature. Let this
hauntological gazetteer guide you through our enchanted places and
strange seasonal rituals: SPRING: Watch the equinox sunrise light
up the floating capstone of Pentre Ifan and connect with the
Cailleach at the shrine of Tigh nam Bodach in the remote Highlands
SUMMER: Feel the resonance of ancient raves and rituals in the
stone circles of southwest England's Stanton Drew, Avebury and the
Hurlers AUTUMN: Bring in the harvest with the old gods at Coldrum
Long Barrow, and brave the ghosts on misty Blakeney Point WINTER:
Make merry at the Chepstow wassail, and listen out for the sunken
church bells of the lost medieval city of Dunwich
'A true genius of comedy' Grayson Perry As a Metropolitan Elitist
Snowflake, Stewart Lee was disappointed by the EU referendum result
of 2016. But he knew how to weaponise his inconvenience - and the
result is March of the Lemmings. Drawing on three years of
newspaper columns, a complete transcript of the Content Provider
stand-up show, and Lee's caustic footnote commentary, this is the
scathing record the Brexit era deserves. With a riotous cast of
characters (including a Lemming-obsessed Michael Gove), a dramatic
chorus of online commenters and Kremlin bots, and Lee himself as
our unreliable narrator-hero, this is the ultimate companion to the
Brexit horror show.
Exploring Kierkegaard's complex use of the Bible, the essays in
this volume use source-critical research and tools ranging from
literary criticism to theology and biblical studies, to situate
Kierkegaard's appropriation of the biblical material in his
cultural and intellectual context. The contributors seek to
identify the possible sources that may have influenced
Kierkegaard's understanding and employment of Scripture, and to
describe the debates about the Bible that may have shaped, perhaps
indirectly, his attitudes toward Scripture. They also pay close
attention to Kierkegaard's actual hermeneutic practice, analyzing
the implicit interpretive moves that he makes as well as his more
explicit statements about the significance of various biblical
passages. This close reading of Kierkegaard's texts elucidates the
unique and sometimes odd features of his frequent appeals to
Scripture. This volume in the series devotes one tome to the Old
Testament and a second tome to the New Testament. Tome I considers
the canonically disputed literature of the Apocrypha. Although
Kierkegaard certainly cited the Old Testament much less frequently
than he did the New, passages and themes from the Old Testament do
occupy a position of startling importance in his writings. Old
Testament characters such as Abraham and Job often play crucial and
even decisive roles in his texts. Snatches of Old Testament wisdom
figure prominently in his edifying literature. The vocabulary and
cadences of the Psalms saturate his expression of the range of
human passions from joy to despair. The essays in this first tome
seek to elucidate the crucial rhetorical uses to which he put key
passages from the Old Testament, the sources that influenced him to
do this, and his reasons for doing so.
Exploring Kierkegaard's complex use of the Bible, the essays in
this volume use source-critical research and tools ranging from
literary criticism to theology and biblical studies, to situate
Kierkegaard's appropriation of the biblical material in his
cultural and intellectual context. The contributors seek to
identify the possible sources that may have influenced
Kierkegaard's understanding and employment of Scripture, and to
describe the debates about the Bible that may have shaped, perhaps
indirectly, his attitudes toward Scripture. They also pay close
attention to Kierkegaard's actual hermeneutic practice, analyzing
the implicit interpretive moves that he makes as well as his more
explicit statements about the significance of various biblical
passages. This close reading of Kierkegaard's texts elucidates the
unique and sometimes odd features of his frequent appeals to
Scripture. This volume in the series devotes one tome to the Old
Testament and a second tome to the New Testament. Tome I considers
the canonically disputed literature of the Apocrypha. Although
Kierkegaard certainly cited the Old Testament much less frequently
than he did the New, passages and themes from the Old Testament do
occupy a position of startling importance in his writings. Old
Testament characters such as Abraham and Job often play crucial and
even decisive roles in his texts. Snatches of Old Testament wisdom
figure prominently in his edifying literature. The vocabulary and
cadences of the Psalms saturate his expression of the range of
human passions from joy to despair. The essays in this first tome
seek to elucidate the crucial rhetorical uses to which he put key
passages from the Old Testament, the sources that influenced him to
do this, and his reasons for doing so.
Can you handle mornings without a brew? No? Multiply that. Imagine
an entire population under a cloud of lethargy, unable to kick
start their days. Now introduce coffee. Bingo. The brain moves into
over-drive and it's time for empire building. So goes Stewart Lee
Allen's crazy theory. Only thing is, after retracing coffee's
journey to world domination - by train, rickshaw, cargo freighter
and donkey - he has plenty of evidence to back it up. Stewart Lee
Allen has filtered out the richest beans from coffee's hot and
frothy history . . . serving up a steamy, high-energy brew that
will stimulate you more than a triple-strength espresso.
Over the last five years, often when David Mitchell has been on
holiday, the comedian Stewart Lee has been attempting to understand
modern Britain, and his own place in it, in a series of irregular
newspaper columns. Will Scotland become the Promised Land of the
Left? Is it possible to live a life without crisps? Who was Grant
Shapps? What does your Spotify playlist data say about you? Are
Jeremy Corbyn and Stewart Lee really the new Christs? And so on.
Selected, introduced, and where necessary, explained by the author
and corrected by readers, Content Provider is funny, grumpy,
provocative, confusing and brilliant.
'Joyfully entertaining. Full of warmth, wisdom and affectionate
delight in the wonder and absurdity of being human.' Observer
'Funny, honest and heart-warming.' Matt Haig What better way to
understand ourselves than through the eyes of comedians - those who
professionally examine our quirks on stage? In this touching and
witty book, award-winning presenter and comic Robin Ince uses the
life of the stand-up as a way of exploring some of the biggest
questions we all face. Where does anxiety come from? How do we
overcome imposter syndrome? What is the key to creativity? How can
we deal with grief? Informed by personal insights as well as
interviews with some of the world's top comedians, neuroscientists
and psychologists, this is a hilarious and often moving primer to
the mind.
If I had a name like Wyndham Wallace I would not associate or
correspond with anyone with a simple name like mine. However, since
you have lowered yourself to such depths, how can my old Indian
heart (west not east) not respond favourably. -Lee Hazlewood, fax
message to the author, Valentine's Day 1999. Lee, Myself and I is
an intimate portrait of the last years of Lee Hazlewood, the
legendary singer and songwriter best known for 'These Boots Are
Made For Walkin', the chart-topping hit he wrote and produced for
Nancy Sinatra. It begins in 1999, when Hazlewood began his comeback
after many years in the wilderness, and ends with his death in
2007. In the intervening years, the author, Wyndham Wallace, became
Hazlewood's friend, confidante, de-facto manager, and more, even
providing the lyrics for Lee's final recording, 'Hilli (At The Top
Of The World'. In the light of reissues of Hazlewood's work by the
esteemed Light In The Attic label-including There's A Dream I've
Been Saving: Lee Hazlewood Industries 1966-1971, an acclaimed boxed
set of his work with the label he founded, LHI, as well as further
releases including liner notes by Wallace-interest in Hazlewood has
never been greater. Lee, Myself and I is the first book to address
his life and work. Through recollections of their lengthy
conversations and adventures together, Wallace captures the complex
personality-charming but cantankerous, blunt but poetic-of a
reclusive icon whose work helped shape the American pop cultural
landscape, and who still influences countless artists today. He
also sheds light on often overlooked or more obscure aspects of
Hazlewood's career, including his pioneering work with Duane Eddy
and Phil Spector, and the outstanding recordings he made during his
self-imposed exile to Sweden in the 1970s. Lee, Myself and I is a
tale of validation: both the author's and Hazlewood's. It's the
story of what it's like to meet your hero, befriend him, and then
watch him die.
Experience how it feels to be the subject of a blasphemy
prosecution! Find out why 'wool' is a funny word! See how jokes
work, their inner mechanisms revealed, before your astonished face!
In 2001, after over a decade in the business, Stewart Lee quit
stand-up, disillusioned and drained, and went off to direct a
loss-making musical, Jerry Springer: The Opera. Nine years later,
How I Escaped My Certain Fate details his return to live
performance, and the journey that took him from an early retirement
to his position as the most critically acclaimed stand-up in
Britain, the winner of BAFTAs and British Comedy Awards, and the
affirmation of being rated the 41st best stand up ever. Here is
Stewart Lee's own account of his remarkable comeback, told through
transcripts of the three legendary full-length shows that sealed
his reputation. Astonishingly frank and detailed in-depth notes
reveal the inspiration and inner workings of his act. With
unprecedented access to a leading comedian's creative process, this
book tells us just what it was like to write these shows, develop
the performance and take them on tour. How I Escaped My Certain
Fate is everything we have come to expect from Stewart Lee:
fiercely intelligent, unsparingly honest and very, very funny.
Following his hugely acclaimed TV come-back Comedy Vehicle, Lee
finds himself in search of ideas for a new Edinburgh show. On a
long walk across London, he endures a coffee shop humiliation
involving a loyalty card which suggests itself as a framing device.
Later that month, thanks to Jeremy Clarkson's casual slur against
Gordon Brown and the appearance of a well-meaning young comedian in
an advert, a show is born. Featuring a transcript of the show fully
annotated with footnotes, the If You Prefer A Milder Comedian EP
confirms Stewart Lee as the most original, daring and brilliant
comedian of his generation.
Evening Standard's the Best Comedy Books of the Year, 2018 Skinny's
Book of the Year, 2018 'Joyfully entertaining. Full of warmth,
wisdom and affectionate delight in the wonder and absurdity of
being human.' Observer 'Funny, honest and heart-warming.' Matt Haig
What better way to understand ourselves than through the eyes of
comedians - those who professionally examine our quirks on stage
daily? In this touching and witty book, award-winning presenter and
comic Robin Ince uses the life of the stand-up as a way of
exploring some of the biggest questions we all face. Where does
anxiety come from? How do we overcome imposter syndrome? What is
the key to creativity? How can we deal with grief? Informed by
personal insights from Robin as well as interviews with some of the
world's top comedians, neuroscientists and psychologists, this is a
hilarious and often moving primer to the mind. But it is also a
powerful call to embrace the full breadth of our inner experience -
no matter how strange we worry it may be!
WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY STEWART LEE 'Should The Bloater be
republished? Oh God, absolutely, it's fantastic' Stewart Lee Min
works at the BBC as an audio engineer, where she is struggling to
replicate the sound of a heartbeat. At home, other matters of the
heart are making a mockery of life as Min knows it. Min has found
herself the object of her lodger's affection. An internationally
renowned opera singer she's nicknamed 'The Bloater', Min is
disgusted and attracted to him in equal measure. But with a husband
so invisible that she accidentally turns the lights off on him even
when he's still in the room, Min can't quite bring herself to
silence The Bloater's overtures. Vain, materialistic, yet
surprisingly tender, The Bloater is a sparklingly ironic comedy of
manners for all flirtatious gossips who love to hate and hate to
love. PRAISE FOR THE BLOATER 'A wonderfully unromantic romantic
comedy' Daily Telegraph 'Uncommonly good' Guardian 'It is the
perfect aperitif, makes you feel warm and careless and much, much
happier' The Times
Evening Standard's the Best Comedy Books of the Year, 2018 Skinny's
Book of the Year, 2018 'Joyfully entertaining. Full of warmth,
wisdom and affectionate delight in the wonder and absurdity of
being human.' Observer 'Funny, honest and heart-warming.' Matt Haig
What better way to understand ourselves than through the eyes of
comedians - those who professionally examine our quirks on stage
daily? In this touching and witty book, award-winning presenter and
comic Robin Ince uses the life of the stand-up as a way of
exploring some of the biggest questions we all face. Where does
anxiety come from? How do we overcome imposter syndrome? What is
the key to creativity? How can we deal with grief? Informed by
personal insights from Robin as well as interviews with some of the
world's top comedians, neuroscientists and psychologists, this is a
hilarious and often moving primer to the mind. But it is also a
powerful call to embrace the full breadth of our inner experience -
no matter how strange we worry it may be!
A memoir from one of Britain's legendary singers, folklorists, and
music historians. A legendary singer, folklorist, and music
historian, Shirley Collins has been an integral part of the
folk-music revival for more than sixty years. In her new memoir,
All in the Downs, Collins tells the story of that lifelong
relationship with English folksong-a dedication to artistic
integrity that has guided her through the triumphs and tragedies of
her life. All in the Downs combines elements of memoir-from her
working-class origins in wartime Hastings to the bright lights of
the 1950s folk revival in London-alongside reflections on the role
traditional music and the English landscape have played in shaping
her vision. From formative field recordings made with Alan Lomax in
the United States to the "crowning glories" recorded with her
sister Dolly on the Sussex Downs, she writes of the obstacles that
led to her withdrawal from the spotlight and the redemption of a
new artistic flourishing that continues today with her unexpected
return to recording in 2016. Through it all, Shirley Collins has
been guided and supported by three vital and inseparable loves:
traditional English song, the people and landscape of her native
Sussex, and an unwavering sense of artistic integrity. All in the
Downs pays tribute to these passions, and in doing so, illustrates
a way of life as old as England, that has all but vanished from
this land. Generously illustrated with rare archival material.
Steve Beresford's polymathic activities have formed a prism for the
UK improv scene since the 1970s. He is internationally known as a
free improviser on piano, toy piano and electronics, composer for
film and TV, and raconteur and Dadaist visionary. His résumé is
filled with collaborations with hundreds of musicians and other
artists, including such leading improvisers as Derek Bailey, Evan
Parker and John Zorn, and he has given performances of works by
John Cage and Christian Marclay. In this book, Beresford is heard
in his own words through first-hand interviews with the author.
Beresford provides compelling insight into an extensive range of
topics, displaying the broad cultural context in which music is
embedded. The volume combines chronological and thematic chapters,
with topics covering improvisation and composition in jazz and free
music; the connections between art, entertainment and popular
culture; the audience for free improvisation; writing music for
films; recording improvised music in the studio; and teaching
improvisation. It places Beresford in the context of improvised and
related musics – jazz, free jazz, free improvisation – in which
there is growing interest. The linear narrative is broken up by
'interventions' or short pieces by collaborators and commentators.
This is a new release of the original 1928 edition.
Scholarship, debate, archival material, and esoterica relating to
Arthur Machen, a "modern master of the weird tale." For twenty
years, Faunus, the biannual journal of the Friends of Arthur
Machen, has been publishing an astonishing range of scholarship,
debate, archival material, and esoterica relating to the writer H.
P. Lovecraft described as a "modern master of the weird tale."
Arthur Machen (1863-1947) was not only an author of weird and
decadent horror fiction lauded by Stephen King and Guillermo del
Toro (among many others); he was also a journalist and essayist
who, over decades, produced a vast body of nonfiction on subjects
ranging from High Church theology to curry recipes. This anthology
gathers some of the highlights of Faunus, from its very first issue
to its most recent. Subjects include the Great War, the Celtic
Church, the "real" little people, Machen and Modernism, Machen and
the occult, and myriad other investigations into Machen's life and
legacy. With a new introduction by long-term Friend of Arthur
Machen member Stewart Lee, the book makes newly available reprints
of rare pieces by Machen himself as well as items from the Faunus
archive by writers including Tessa Farmer, Rosalie Parker, Ray
Russell, Mark Samuels, and Mark Valentine.
Additional Contributors Are Marie Keesing And Harriet Moore.
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