Jack Hargreaves A Portrait
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Jack and Friends
This new book explores the complex character of Jack Hargreaves, TV presenter and most unlikely of cult figures. Jack's presence in front of the camera exuded an old fashioned warmth, a grandfather passing down to the next generation country wisdom and lore. Jack presented a way of life that was rapidly disappearing and his television series, Out of Town, punctuated tea time for millions of families with thirty minutes of tranquillity every week. This is an affectionate but honest account of Jack, his loves, his children and the important influences that made him not only the 'patron Saint of Sheds' and several times winner of 'Pipe Smoker of the Year,' but everyone's window into a country world that had all but vanished.
The Book of Shanghai
As the end of the world arrives in downtown Shanghai, one man's only wish is to return a library book... When a publisher agrees to let a star author use his company's attic to write in, little does he suspect this will become the author's permanent residence... As Shanghai succumbs to a seemingly apocalyptic deluge, a man takes refuge in his bathtub, only to find himself, moments later, floating through the city's streets... The characters in this literary exploration of one of the world's biggest cities are all on a mission. Whether it is responding to events around them, or following some impulse of their own, they are defined by their determination--a refusal to lose themselves in a city that might otherwise leave them anonymous, disconnected, and alone. From the neglected mother whose side-hustle in collecting sellable waste becomes an obsession, to the schoolboy determined to end a long-standing feud between his family and another, these characters show a defiance that reminds us why Shanghai--despite its hurtling economic growth--remains an epicentre for individual creativity.
Magazine Movements
Author: Laurel Forster
language: en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date: 2015-02-26
All women's magazines are not the same: content, outlook, and format combine to shape publications quite distinctively. While magazines in general have long been understood as a significant force in women's lives, many critiques have limited themselves to discussions of mainstream printed publications that engage with narrowly stereotypical representations of femininity. Looking at a range of women's magazines (Cooperative Correspondence Club and Housewife) and magazine programmes (Woman's Hour and Houseparty), Magazine Movements not only extends our definition of a magazine, but most importantly, unearths the connections between women's cultures, specific magazines and the implied reader. The author first outlines the existing field of magazine studies, and analyzes the methodologies employed in accessing and assessing the cultural competence of magazines. Each chapter then provides a case study of a different kind of magazine: different in media form or style of presentation or audience connection, or all three. Forster not only extends our definition of a magazine, but most importantly, unearths the connections between women's cultures, specific magazines and the implied reader. In this way, fresh insights are provided into the long-standing importance of the magazine to the variety of feminisms on offer in Britain, from the mid twentieth century to the present day.