“Football from Below” — An extract from 1966 and Not All That
In this edited extract from 1966 and Not All That, Sanaa Qureshi discusses the relationship between football and nationalism, and whether football can be used subversively to achieve social justice. 1966 and Not All That (paperback + free ebook and free shipping to the UK) is currently half price
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Football’s Coming “Home”—David Stubbs on Euro ’96, Three Lions and 90’s football lads
Author | David Stubbs
This is an edited extract from David Stubb’s 1996 & the End of History– available here and currently just £4.50 including UK postage in our half price World Cup sale. 1995 may have been the year that Britpop burst through, but 1996 was the year in which it loomed largest and was
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The World Cup, nationalism, and authentocracy — an extract from Games Without Frontiers
Author | Joe Kennedy
In this edited extract from Games Without Frontiers, Joe Kennedy analyses the relationship between the World Cup, politics, nationalism and authentocracy. Games Without Frontiers (paperback + free ebook and free shipping to the UK) is currently half price as part of our World Cup sale. His new book Authentocrats, was published last week
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Tariq Goddard in conversation with Brett Anderson from Suede
Author | Tariq Goddard
Tariq Goddard, Repeater publisher and author of Nature and Necessity, had a chat with Brett Anderson from Suede as part of Radio 4’s Only Artists series, which brings two artists together to talk about their creative work. You can listen to the programme in full here.
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WORLD CUP SALE! 50% off our football and Russian history titles
Author | Joe Kennedy | John Medhurst | Mark Perryman
The World Cup starts today ! ! Which means that for the next four weeks, football is going to be everywhere. Or as Joe Kennedy sums it up so well in his Games Without Frontiers: Football becomes unpleasantly ubiquitous during the World Cup… The unpleasantness is a consequence of ubiquity’s tendency
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Abortion Stigma — an extract from From a Whisper to a Shout
Author | Elizabeth Kissling
As the campaign in Ireland to Repeal the 8th reaches its climax, here’s a guide to some movements from the US that are combining feminist tactics, social media and political strategies to challenge abortion stigma. Abortion Stigma: From a Whisper to a Shout Elizabeth Kissling This is an edited
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