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...religion, economics, jurisprudence and history. He reworked some of these lectures into a successful book (The Theory of Moral Sentiments, 1759), which turned him into a household name. This allowed him to leave his university professorship, accepting instead a lucrative position as personal tutor to a young aristocrat. He travelled with his student, and spent almost two...

...religion, culture and the arts to help us imagine that which, in itself, eludes us. Halloween, like other rituals, provides us with an array of symbols, metaphors and imagery that give shape to death, while allowing us to externalise our fears. As soon as we begin to picture death (such as a corpse, a ghost, or zombie), we have already found a bridge towards making sense...

...religion provided common causes for people living in England, Wales and Scotland during the period. Successive wars against France, including the War of the Grand Alliance (1688–97), the War of Spanish Succession (1702–13), the War of Austrian Succession (1740–48), the Seven Years’ War (1756–63), the American Revolutionary War (1775–83), and the French...

...religion, but was fluid and heavily anchored in music and collective memories, enabling all other connotations to be temporarily suspended. The importance of Gallagher’s music to Belfast is best captured in the documentary Irish Tour ’74. His performance of ‘Goin’ to My Hometown’ juxtaposes footage of everyday life in Belfast with jubilant scenes inside the...