At dead of night a young Lakeland farm hand is crossing a remote fell after a stag party. It's icily cold and the fell is deserted. But, suddenly, he spots a figure moving near a megalithic marker stone. Terrified he goes to investigate and discovers and man about to die after committing suicide. What happens next draws the farmhand into a compelling plot of deceit, death, romance and brutality. It's a battle to the death, almost literally, with the police and a secret cabal of evil men wh...

'Gripping history that also informs the present' Sunday Times**'Fascinating . . . Wilford writes engagingly with a telling eye for colourful detail' The Spectator**'A spectacular achievement . . . I loved it' Dominic SandbrookHow the CIA became an instrument of a new covert empire both in America and overseas.In 1947, the United States created the CIA to analyse foreign i...

In 1968 a group of young people took over a derelict trouser factory in a rundown part of Leeds and set about producing programmes that were to define the British television world of the late 20th Century.These included the investigative documentary series First Tuesday, Darling Buds of May, Whickers World, Do'nt Ask Me and Heartbeat.At the same time they attracted, indeed often created, stars of international fame such as James Mason, Catherine Zeta Jones, Alan Whicker, Da...

Cultural Studies, Education, and Youth: Beyond Schools, edited by Benjamin Frymer, Matthew Carlin, and John Broughton, addresses the new cultural landscapes which increasingly "educate" our youth. With essays from both emerging and established scholars, the book explores the ways media and popular culture have a growing impact on our youth, their identities, and everyday lives. In our highly mediated world, the nature of education has been dramatically transformed and taken way be...

A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF 2024**'**Gripping history that also informs the present' Sunday Times'Lively and original' The Spectator'A spectacular achievement' Dominic Sandbrook'Fast-paced, absorbing, insightful' Simon Hall'Simply superb' Kathryn Olmsted

Ethnomusicology and its Intimacies situates intimacy, a concept that encompasses a wide range of often informal social practices and processes for building closeness and relationality, within the ethnomusicological study of music and sound. These scholarly essays reflect on a range of interactions between individuals and communities that deepen connections and associations, and which may be played out relatively briefly or nurtured over time.Three major sections on Perform...