British Voices
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British Voices
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Author : Joe Hayman
language : en
Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd
Release Date : 2012-09-13
British Voices written by Joe Hayman and has been published by Troubador Publishing Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-09-13 with History categories.
British Voices tells the story of Joe Hayman’s travels around the UK in the aftermath of the 2011 riots, speaking to over 1,000 members of the public about the state of British society – an approach unique amongst contemporary studies of the UK. Hayman undertook the three-month journey because he wanted the voices of ordinary citizens in Britain to be heard. Their views are reproduced faithfully and without judgment in this book and include: “It feels like the country is drifting; no one knows what to do.” Pensioner, Birmingham “If the politicians and bankers aren’t held accountable, the apathy extends across the whole country.”Student, Bangor“When I was young, we used to go out and kick a ball but it's all PlayStations now. We had three roads, but now it's a town and you have no idea who people are.” Man, Shetland Isles “It’s all moving at an astonishing pace now – strangely, my teenage years were actually much more peaceful in spite of the Troubles.” Woman, Belfast Tying these views together, Hayman concludes that the UK is a nation of kind, decent people but that confusion, loss and despair are all too common. British Voices is an uncompromising analyisis of the most pressing concerns of people at all levels of British society, that will appeal to those interested in politics and current affairs.
Other British Voices
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Author : T. Whelan
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2016-02-02
Other British Voices written by T. Whelan and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-02-02 with Literary Criticism categories.
This volume discusses the lives and writings of five nonconformist women who comprised the heart of a vibrant literary circle in England between 1760 and 1840. Whelan shows these women's keen awareness and often radical viewpoints on contemporary issues connected to politics, religion, gender, and the Romantic sensibility.
British Voices Of The Irish War Of Independence
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Author : William Sheehan
language : en
Publisher: Gill & Macmillan Ltd
Release Date : 2007-03-14
British Voices Of The Irish War Of Independence written by William Sheehan and has been published by Gill & Macmillan Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-03-14 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
?Ireland's War of Independence generated a wealth of published material but very little from a British perspective. Yet many British servicemen left accounts of their time in Ireland from 1918 to 1921. They describe military operations, the IRA, the Irish, the actions of their own forces, morale and relationships with local communities. There is Brigadier Vinden's strange tale of a drinking session with Michael Collins and humour in the sending of Gaelic-speaking Highlanders into a public house to eavesdrop in the belief that Sinn Féiners always spoke Irish to each other. The author has gone deep into British military archives to unearth these never-published accounts. Supplemented with unpublished photographs from the Imperial War Museum and the Irish National Library, these accounts form a landmark oral history told through the personal experiences of men from across the ranks.
Urban Voices
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Author : Paul Foulkes
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-04-23
Urban Voices written by Paul Foulkes and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-04-23 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Accents and dialects are constantly undergoing small variations over time, but evidence shows that change may have become increasingly rapid in the past few decades. 'Urban Voices' presents one of the few recent surveys of this phonological variation and change in urban accents across Great Britain and Ireland. Each of the specially commissioned chapters is divided into two parts. The first provides a detailed description of accent features within one or more urban centres, including information on social and stylistic variation and ongoing change. The second discusses a range of current theoretical and methodological issues. Some chapters present wholly new data based on fieldwork carried out specifically for inclusion in 'Urban Voices', while others summarise data from well-known research, up-dated and reanalysed in accordance with new findings. Containing copious illustrative and pedagogic material, this textbook presents a clear pathway to state-of-the-art research for students of sociolinguistics, dialectology, phonetics, and phonology at advanced undergraduate and graduate level. In addition, the detailed descriptive data and the accompanying cassette constitute a valuable resource for students and teachers of English, clinicians and speech therapists, forensic phoneticians, researchers in speech recognition and speech synthesis, and actors. Contributors: Deborah Chirrey, Edge Hill University College / Beverley Collins, Rijks Universiteit Leiden, Netherlands / Gerard J Docherty, University of Newcastle, UK / Paul Foulkes, University of Leeds, UK / Nigel Hewlett, Queen Margaret College / Raymond Hickey, University of Essen, Germany / Paul Kerswill, University of Reading, UK / Anne Grethe Mathisen, University of Oslo, Norway / Kevin McCafferty, Universitetet i Tromso, Norway / Inger Mees, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark / Lesley Milroy , University of Michigan, USA / Mark Newbrook, Monash University, Australia / James M Scobbie, Queen Margaret College, UK / Jana Stoddart, Olomouc, Czech Republic / Jane Stuart-Smith, University of Glasgow, UK / Laura Tollfree, Monash University, Australia / Peter Trudgill, University of Fribourg, Switzerland / Alice Turk, University of Edinburgh, UK / Clive Upton, University of Leeds, UK / Dominic Watt, University of Leeds, UK / J D A Widdowson, University of Sheffield, UK / Ann Williams, University of Reading, UK.
British Voices
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Author : William Sheehan
language : en
Publisher: Collins Press
Release Date : 2007
British Voices written by William Sheehan and has been published by Collins Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with History categories.
William Sheehan has gone deep into British military archives to unearth these never-published accounts from British soldiers, sailors, and airmen who served in The Irish War of Independence. Military operations, views on the IRA, the Irish, actions of their forces, morale and local communities are all described. Surprisingly many felt they were winning the war, while others are outspoken in their dislike of the war. Vivid accounts of the treatment of prisoners will find a contemporary echo. The book includes accounts from famous soldiers like Field Marshall Montgomery and General Percival as well as soldiers tales of drinking sessions with Michael Collins and humorous eavesdropping stories.
English Voices
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Author : Ferdinand Mount
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2016-05-05
English Voices written by Ferdinand Mount and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-05-05 with History categories.
‘A sheer delight’ Times Literary Supplement Ferdinand Mount has spent many years writing articles, columns and reviews for prestigious magazines, newspapers and journals. Whether reviewing great published works by some of England's finest authors and poets (both alive and dead) including Kingsley Amis, John Osborne, John le Carré, Rudyard Kipling, E.M. Forster and Alan Bennett. He also analysed the works of a variety of our Masters covering the past four hundred years such as, of course, William Shakespeare, Charles Dickens, John Keats, Thomas Hardy, Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Samuel Pepys. Whether it be holding up to account the writings of Winston Churchill, or celebrating the much-loved poems of Siegfried Sassoon, each essay reproduced in full here has been carefully chosen by Mount to weave a unique tapestry of the wealth of writings that have helped shape his own respected career as an author and political commentator. For anyone interested and passionate about writing and poetry across the centuries in the British Isles, this book will be a very welcome guide to the best one can pick up and read.
Other British Voices
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Author : T. Whelan
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2016-02-02
Other British Voices written by T. Whelan and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-02-02 with Literary Criticism categories.
This volume discusses the lives and writings of five nonconformist women who comprised the heart of a vibrant literary circle in England between 1760 and 1840. Whelan shows these women's keen awareness and often radical viewpoints on contemporary issues connected to politics, religion, gender, and the Romantic sensibility.
British Voices From The Irish War Of Independence 1918 1921
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Author : William Sheehan
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005
British Voices From The Irish War Of Independence 1918 1921 written by William Sheehan and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with History categories.
"Ireland's War of Independence generated a wealth of published material but very little from a British perspective." "Yet many British servicemen left accounts of their time in Ireland from 1918 to 1921. They describe military operations, the IRA, the Irish, the actions of their own forces, morale and relationships with local communities. It will surprise Irish readers to learn many felt they were winning the war, but victory was taken from them by British politicians agreeing to a truce and the treaty. Likewise, RAF operations will be news to most as will the fact that so much of the army's time was spent enjoying sporting endeavors. Others were outspoken in their dislike of war and the campaign. Secret contacts between the British and the IRA and the use and abuse of intelligence are described. There is Brigadier Vinden's strange tale of a drinking session with Michael Collins and humour in the sending of Gaelic-speaking Highlanders into a public house to eavesdrop in the belief that Sinn Feiners always spoke Irish to each other." "The author has gone deep into British military archives to unearth these never-published accounts. Supplemented with unpublished photographs from the Imperial War Museum and the Irish National Library, these accounts, not just from famous soldiers like Field Marshal Montgomery and General Percival, form a landmark oral history told through the personal experiences of men from across the ranks."--BOOK JACKET.
Partition Voices
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Author : Kavita Puri
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2019-07-11
Partition Voices written by Kavita Puri and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-07-11 with History categories.
UPDATED FOR THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF PARTITION 'Puri does profound and elegant work bringing forgotten narratives back to life. It's hard to convey just how important this book is' Sathnam Sanghera 'The most humane account of partition I've read ... We need a candid conversation about our past and this is an essential starting point' Nikesh Shukla, Observer ________________________ Newly revised for the seventy-fifth anniversary of partition, Kavita Puri conducts a vital reappraisal of empire, revisiting the stories of those collected in the 2017 edition and reflecting on recent developments in the lives of those affected by partition. The division of the Indian subcontinent in 1947 into India and Pakistan saw millions uprooted and resulted in unspeakable violence. It happened far away, but it would shape modern Britain. Dotted across homes in Britain are people who were witnesses to one of the most tumultuous events of the twentieth century. But their memory of partition has been shrouded in silence. In her eye-opening and timely work, Kavita Puri uncovers remarkable testimonies from former subjects of the Raj who are now British citizens – including her own father. Weaving a tapestry of human experience over seven decades, Puri reveals a secret history of ruptured families and friendships, extraordinary journeys and daring rescue missions that reverberates with compassion and loss. It is a work that breaks the silence and confronts the difficult truths at the heart of Britain's shared past with South Asia.
Twenty First Century Fiction
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Author : Daniel Lea
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017
Twenty First Century Fiction written by Daniel Lea and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017 with LITERARY CRITICISM categories.
Provides a collection of in-depth readings of British writers that have come to prominence in the twenty-first century.