2015
The Man Who Closed the Asylums
Gorizia, 1961-68 Gorizia: A Revolution at the Edge of Europe Anti-psychiatry, Critical psychiatry, Movements and Working Utopias Reading Gorizia: Sources and Narratives Basaglia and the British: A Missing Translation? Building the Team: The First Équipe in Gorizia, 1961-69 Manicomio = Lager: History and Politics of an Analogy Gorizia: The Therapeutic Community Il Picchio: The Voice …
A History of the Berliner Ensemble
Introduction The Berliner Ensemble as an opportunity to establish a new type of theatre The founding and the first season of the Berliner Ensemble The Berliner Ensemble’s years at the Deutsches Theater: 1949-1953 Brecht’s last seasons at the Theater am Schiffbauerdamm: 1954-1956 Developing the Brechtian legacy: 1956-1961 Making theatre politically after the Berlin Wall: 1961-1965 …
The Secret War
Introduction Before the Deluge Seekers After Truth The British: Gentlemen and Players The Russians: Temples of Espionage The Storm Breaks The ‘Fiction Flood’ Shadowing Canaris Miracles Take a Little Longer: Bletchley Park ‘Tips’ and ‘Cillis’ Flirting with America The Dogs that Barked ‘Lucy’s’ People Sorge’s Warnings The Orchestra Plays The Deaf Man in the Kremlin …
Reading Chaucer’s Poems
Introduction Chronology The Book of the Duchess (c. 1368) The House of Fame (c. 1379) The Parliament of Fowls (early 1380s?) Troilus and Criseyde (mid-1380s) Chaucers Wordes Unto Adam, His Owne Scriveyn (mid/late 1380s) The Legend of Good Women (1386-7?) Truth: Balade de Bon Conseyl (late 1380s?) Lak of Stedfastnesse (late 1390s?) Lenvoy de Chaucer …
Over the Top and Back
Introduction I Had No Idea The Front Room Uneager to Please Pastimes of Youth Raise a Ruckus Take My Love I Wish You Would Coat Full of Singles Bring It on Home Escape from Wiggins Teape Revenge Is Not Necessary Door to Door Friend or Foe? What You Don’t Know Factory Girl In My Bones …
The Railways: Nation, Network and People
Introduction In the Carriage The Time of the Railways Seating, Lighting, Heating, Eating The Classes in Motion Journeying Together Risks and Anxieties Crimes and Misdemeanours The Improved British Railway Train And so to Bed Down the Line The Permanent Way Signals and Wires Railways and the Land I Railways and the Land II Goods and …
The Establishment
Foreword to the Paperback Edition Introduction The Outriders The Westminster Cartel Mediaocracy The Boys in Blue Scrounging off the State Tycoons and Tax-Dodgers Masters of the Universe The Illusion of Sovereignty Conclusion: A Democratic Revolution
Republic or Death!
Prologue France: The greatest anthem of them all Nepal: Defying convention America: An ad-man’s dream Japan: Anthems and conflict Kazakhstan: Anthems in dictatorships Liechtenstein: One song to the tune of another Bosnia and Herzogovina: An anthem in need of words The Islamic State: Anthems in jihad Egypt: Anthems and fame South Africa: Trying to sing …