The gothic western on screen

This is an author interview by Keith McDonald and Wayne Johnson, authors of The Spectral West: Super-Nature and the Gothic and the Western Film   Q1. What was the importance of writing this book now? The Western has always been cyclical in terms of its popularity and the ways that...
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Mourning the dissolution of the monasteries

This is a guest post by Lisa Hopkins, author of Bare Ruined Choirs: Sacred Spaces in Four Early Modern Plays When Shakespeare writes in Sonnet 73 of ‘Bare ruined choirs where late the sweet birds sang’, he was referring to the Dissolution of the Monasteries, begun in 1536 by King...
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Featured releases: September 2025

September marks the gentle shift from summer’s warmth to autumn’s calm, a month of balance and reflection. We are celebrating this month with an exciting line-up of new releases. From...