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...children to read on the grounds that it feeds the imagination, informs us about the world and teaches a kind of empathy through the different perspectives it affords. (More concrete evidence exists for the benefits of regularly reading literature – and being read to – for children’s cognitive development and educational attainment.) For those of us lucky enough to...

...centred on an interview with Clive Spring in which he recounts his own personal listening experiences from childhood in the Caribbean to adulthood in the United Kingdom, mainly focused on sound systems including Soprano B, Quaker City, and Jah Shaka. The richness of detail in Clive's account includes reflections on the technology, some of the social factors around sound...

...researcher being too close to their subject. In response to the first question, the seminar brought together scholars from history, intelligence studies, political science and English literature, along with former participants in the CP and relatives of former communists. This enabled discussions of different kinds of dual loyalties, for example of members working for the...