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Eye, Suffolk, in the years of uncertainty 1520 - 1590
Thesis
(1982). Eye, Suffolk, in the years of uncertainty 1520 - 1590

This thesis is concerned with the effects of the Reformation at popular level. It sets out to examine the impact of change on one small community and to trace the life of its people during a period of considerable turbulence.
The period covered is a... Read More about Eye, Suffolk, in the years of uncertainty 1520 - 1590.

Importing the Sonic Souvenir: issues of cross-cultural composition
Presentation / Conference
Importing the Sonic Souvenir: issues of cross-cultural composition. Presented at Electroacoustic Music Studies Network Conference (Sforzando!), New York

Sourcing sound materials from distant and foreign locations has become a relatively commonand elementary practice for the electroacoustic music composer to engage with. The ease andfrequency of traveling has been responsible, in part, widening the av... Read More about Importing the Sonic Souvenir: issues of cross-cultural composition.

The working class movement in the Black Country, 1863-1914
Thesis
(1974). The working class movement in the Black Country, 1863-1914

The Black Country was, and remains, an area characterised by insular and conservative social attitudes. These charactersistics were already strongly evident by the 1860s and thereafter were intensified by the collapse of the area's prosperity consequ... Read More about The working class movement in the Black Country, 1863-1914.

The social and economic history of Cannock and Rugeley, 1546-1597
Thesis
(1974). The social and economic history of Cannock and Rugeley, 1546-1597

This is the history of the peasant community of Cannock Chase (Staffs. ) between 1546, when Sir William Paget was granted the Chase, and 1597 when his grandson recovered the lands. It shows that whilst the varying fortunes of the Paget family were cl... Read More about The social and economic history of Cannock and Rugeley, 1546-1597.

Letters from the Hon. Robert Curzon Jnr., 1810-1873, to the Rev. Walter Sneyd, 1809-1888
Thesis
(1974). Letters from the Hon. Robert Curzon Jnr., 1810-1873, to the Rev. Walter Sneyd, 1809-1888

1. The Hon. Robert Curzon junior is a figure of significance for three reasons that have long been a matter of record. Firstly, be was the only person ever to investigate the contents of the monastic libraries of the Middle East and Meteora, others b... Read More about Letters from the Hon. Robert Curzon Jnr., 1810-1873, to the Rev. Walter Sneyd, 1809-1888.

The London Synod of Reginald Cardinal Pole 1555-6
Thesis
(1974). The London Synod of Reginald Cardinal Pole 1555-6

From the time when Pole in 1535 agreed to serve on the ‘reform commission’, until his return to England after the marriage of Philip and Mary, he was a significant figure in the Catholic reform movement in its early days in Italy. During this time he... Read More about The London Synod of Reginald Cardinal Pole 1555-6.

(En)gendering barriers: a comparative discussion of the woman question in mid- to late-nineteenth-century English, German and Russian literatures
Thesis
(2010). (En)gendering barriers: a comparative discussion of the woman question in mid- to late-nineteenth-century English, German and Russian literatures

Imagery of enclosure [...] constantly threatens to stifle the heroines of women’s fiction.

This thesis seeks to develop recent research into Russian literature, which has applied semiotic theory to a feminist critique, to explore how spaces may b... Read More about (En)gendering barriers: a comparative discussion of the woman question in mid- to late-nineteenth-century English, German and Russian literatures.

The language of the unheard: civil disorder in Staffordshire 1640-1842
Thesis
(1991). The language of the unheard: civil disorder in Staffordshire 1640-1842

'The Language or the Unheard' attempts to reconstruct the history or civil ctiaorder within Staffordshire between 1640 and 1842. The prime sources for the study are newapapers, State Papers and Assizes and Quarter Sessions Court records. The latter a... Read More about The language of the unheard: civil disorder in Staffordshire 1640-1842.

Well fed, nurs'd and doctor'd: Workhouse Medical Care from Working-Class Biographies c.1750-1834
Journal Article
Tomkins. Well fed, nurs'd and doctor'd: Workhouse Medical Care from Working-Class Biographies c.1750-1834

Johann and Eric for bass clarinet and electronics (2021) (6 min)
Exhibition / Performance
Spasov. (2023). Johann and Eric for bass clarinet and electronics (2021) (6 min). (Unpublished)

Pogramme Notes Johann and Eric for bass clarinet and electronics, written for the renown British bass clarinettist Sarah Watts, is a tribute to the legendary jazz saxophonist and bass clarinettist, Eric Dolphy. His music thought was influenced by man... Read More about Johann and Eric for bass clarinet and electronics (2021) (6 min).