The left-handed evangelist

This chapter continues the investigation of remedies for wrongdoing. It focuses on the deficit (or ‘remainder’) that is inevitably left when a fallback duty is performed according ...

Ivor Novello represents the stylistic bridge between Edwardian operetta and post-Second World War British musical comedy. This essay charts the development of British operetta, whi...

This chapter provides an overview of sixteen works left in manuscript at Bunyan’s death. After giving an account of the circumstances of their posthumous publication, the chapter d...

Elaine de Kooning’s mother was a formative influence in her life, introducing her to art and literature at an early age. Her mother’s outlandish, autocratic personality—and her ins...

After the failure of the Punjabi Suba agitation in 1960–1, Master Tara Singh began to lose ground in Akali politics. Sant Fateh Singh attributed this failure to him, and declared t...