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Video interview with editor Dan Gunn

In this interview editor Dan Gunn talks about The Letters of Samuel Beckett series and the future of Beckett scholarship

5 Oct 2016

Into the Intro: A Fortunate Universe

An Introduction from Senior Commissioning Editor, Vince Higgs Fine-tuning in physics and cosmology explores the realisation that if the Universe had even slightly different initial properties, then the...

Geraint Lewis, Luke Barnes | 4 Oct 2016

Religious Freedom, Sexual Freedom and The 2016 Election

As we approach the 2016 election most of the attention has focused on the Presidential race. Yet, Congressional and state contests could have a huge impact on the future of religious freedom and sexual...

Frank S. Ravitch | 3 Oct 2016

Piece together The Letters of Samuel Beckett

Take a stab at this jigsaw puzzle to reveal the cover for The Letters of Samuel Beckett, Volume 4. 1966 - 1989

3 Oct 2016

Medieval Chivalry

Who is not fascinated by knights in shining armor? Their images continue to attract us to dramatic films, to museum exhibits of elaborate armor and weaponry, or to the showmanship of staged jousts at “Renaissance...

Richard W. Kaeuper | 30 Sep 2016

An interview with Dan Gunn on The Letters of Samuel Beckett (Part 2)

In the second part of our interview with Dan Gunn, editor of The Letters of Samuel Beckett, we discuss what Beckett would have thought about the project and whether these letters bring us closer to the man himself.

30 Sep 2016

Shimon Peres: From Dimona to Oslo

“Peres has done more for the cause of peace in the Middle East than just about anybody alive” said President Obama in 2012 upon bestowing Shimon Peres the Medal of Freedom. And while the world mourns...

Yael S. Aronoff | 29 Sep 2016

An interview with Dan Gunn on The Letters of Samuel Beckett (Part 1)

In the first part of our interview with Dan Gunn, editor of The Letters of Samuel Beckett, we discuss his experiences working on the series, his favourite letters and what we now know about Beckett that we didn't know before.

29 Sep 2016

Let’s Not Waste a Great Opportunity

With six weeks remaining until the U.S. Presidential Election, the race is locked in a virtual deadlock.  That fact, in and of itself, is pretty remarkable given that a woman is as likely to be the...

Bert A. Spector | 28 Sep 2016

A Journey through the History of Human Rights with Mark Philip Bradley

Mark Philip Bradley shares with us an interactive timeline detailing unforgettable events in the Human Rights movement.

Mark Philip Bradley | 28 Sep 2016

Channel your inner Beckett

In the run up to the fourth and final volume in The Letters of Samuel Beckett series publishing, we've got 4 e-cards you can share featuring famous Beckett quotes

28 Sep 2016

New book trailer for The Letters of Samuel Beckett

In this book trailer editor George Craig reads some of Beckett's letters taken from the fourth and final volume in the series, 'The Letters of Samuel Beckett 1966 - 1989'.

26 Sep 2016