The project seeks to investigate satire as ‘world literature’, as texts which circulate internationally, changing and acquiring meanings beyond those found in their initial cultural and historical context. The award will fund a preliminary visit to Beirut in Spring 2023. As part of that visit, Dr Barr will give a research seminar on William Hogarth […]
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Dr Diarmuid Hester’s documentary ‘Deeds and Words’ airs on BBC Radio 3
A feature documentary on art and activism in the suffrage movement by Dr Diarmuid Hester (Emmanuel) has been broadcast on BBC Radio 3. Dr Hester’s programme focuses on the work of Edith Craig, theatre producer, suffragette, and daughter of Ellen Terry, star of the Victorian stage. He travels to Smallhythe Place, where Craig lived with her […]
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