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Devolution: it’s a constitutional issue

By Michael Moran Filed Under: Devo, Featured Posted: July 16, 2015

Government today is trying to create a ‘system’ of devolution from a legacy formed of a tacit constitution and Thatcherite centralism, explains Professor Michael Moran. Devolution – whether to the Celtic nations or within England – has many faces and raises many issues – of economy, identity and political strategy. But it is worth remembering […]

Tagged With: David Cameron, David Howell, devolution, DevoManc, First World War, George Osborne, Greater Manchester, Home Rule, Ireland, Jim Bulpitt, Karel Williams, Manchester, Margaret Thatcher, Sidney Low, the Conservative Party, the United Kingdom

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What ‘race’ is an elf?

Andrew Smith By Andrew Smith Filed Under: Ethnicity, Featured Posted: May 28, 2015

Should we see fantasy novels as just that – fantasies? Andrew Smith suggests they can contain insidious racism. Last month saw the DVD release of the final film in Peter Jackson’s Hobbit franchise, the hugely successful follow-up to the same director’s film adaptations of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings. If you want to know what […]

Tagged With: Chinua Achebe, elfs, First World War, Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad, Joyce Cary, Lord of the Rings, Peter Jackson, The Hobbit, Tolkein

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