Nicholas Jones

Information has always been the currency of the media world, but in recent years the process whereby it reaches the media has undergone significant changes. This book profiles those responsible for this change, such as 'Benjie the Binman', who makes a living from the rubbish of showbiz agents, publicists and lawyers.

Trading Information

Richard McGregor

Peter Maxwell Davies (1934-2016) was one of the leading international composers of the post-war period as well as one of the most productive. This book provides a global view of his music, integrating a number of resonant themes in the composer's work while covering a representative cross-section of his vast output - his work list encompasses nearly 550 compositions in every established genre. Each chapter focuses on specific major works and offers general discussion of other selected works connected to the main themes. These themes include compositional technique and process; genre; form and architecture; tonality and texture; allusion, quotation and musical critique; and place and landscape. Throughout, the book contends that Davies's works are not created in a vacuum but are intimately connected to, and are a reflection of, 'the past'. This deep engagement occurs on a number of levels, fluctuating and interacting with the composer's own predominantly modernist idiom and evoking a chain of historical resonances. Making sustained reference to Davies's own words, articles and programme notes as well as privileged access to primary source material from his estate, the book illuminates the composer's practices and approaches while shaping a discourse around his music. NICHOLAS JONES is Senior Lecturer in Musicology at Cardiff University. RICHARD MCGREGOR is Emeritus Professor of Music at the University of Cumbria and part-time Lecturer at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.

The Music of Peter Maxwell Davies

Valgkampen i forbindelse med det engelske parlamentsvalg i 1997 analyseres herunder betydningen af "spin doctors"

How the General Election was Won and Lost

Campaign 1997

Laurence Anholt

Mark Savage (musician.)

Elspeth Santa Clara

Cinderboy

Kenneth Gloag

David Beard

This collection represents current research on Birtwistle's music, reflecting the diversity of his work through a wide range of perspectives.

Harrison Birtwistle Studies

Rough Guides

Frances Ambler

Samantha Cook

Emily Bick

Lara Kavanagh

The Rough Guide to Vintage London is your ultimate guide to London's burgeoning vintage scene, that is making the British capital a more exciting place to visit than ever before. Whether you're into fifties fashion or seventies furnishings, old-fashioned beauty parlours, Art Deco cafés or retro restaurants, The Rough Guide to Vintage London will show you where to find the best bargains and the hippest hang-outs. This authoritative illustrated guide casts a discerning eye over the entire city, highlighting the best of vintage London in each area. It covers over 200 budget and luxury attractions, from the East End hotspots of hyper-cool Hoxton and Shoreditch to the eccentric emporia of the West End, as well as the pick of London's markets and the classiest vintage outlets north and south of the centre, all marked on full-colour maps. Whatever your look or interest - blitz chic, beehive hairdo, forties screen idol, rockabilly, twenties flapper or Edwardian chap - The Rough Guide to Vintage London will tell you where you can enjoy them to the full. From Consultant-Editor Wayne Hemingway and written by Francis Ambler, Emily Bick, Samantha Cook, Nicholas Jones and Lara Kavanagh.Now available in ePub format.

The Rough Guide to Vintage London

Drawing on a wealth of examples from David Mellor and Tim Yeo to Tony Blair and John Major, Nicholas Jones describes the emergence of the soundbite and the photo-opportunity as key elements in the process of publicising politics.

How Politicians Manipulate the Media and Vice Versa

Soundbites and Spin Doctors

In the run-up to the general election of May 2010 it was universally acknowledged that whatever the outcome, this vote would start a fresh chapter in British political history. But no one anticipated just how fresh that chapter would be - Twists and turns made it an election like no other. David Cameron launched the Tories' poster campaign with an unblemished photograph of himself - and it became the most parodied image of the election. Nick Clegg went into the fi rst of the leaders' television debates derided as 'The Other One' - and emerged as a major player, with 'I agree with Nick' the campaign's unlikely catchphrase. Mrs Gillian Duffy went out to buy a loaf of bread in Rochdale - and happened to encounter Gordon Brown, with disastrous consequences for the Labour cause. But none of the soap opera of the weeks leading up to 6 May could match the drama of the days following the election's inconclusive result: the positioning, the posturing, the negotiating and the bargaining which eventually saw David Cameron moving into 10 Downing Street in a coalition government with the Liberal Democrats. A fresh chapter in political history - and a fresh level of political theatre incisively described by Nicholas Jones.

The Making of the Prime Minister

Campaign 2010

If there is one phrase which has come to characterize the nature of Tony Blair's government in the public perception, it has to be control freaks - shorthand for an obsession with taking command of all aspects of government business and with how these are portrayed in the media. The proliferation of Tony's Cronies in key positions, the obsessive approach to news management, the desperate efforts to manipulate the elections for the Welsh assembly and London Mayor - all proclaim deeply rooted insecurity which can be assuaged only by exerting strict control.

How New Labour Gets Its Own Way

The Control Freaks

Brian Trueman

Buried Treasure

This Companion provides a wide ranging and accessible study of one of the most individual composers of the twentieth century. A team of international scholars shed new light on Tippett's major works and draw attention to those that have not yet received the attention they deserve.

Nicholas Jones

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