Charlotte Higgins: 6 books
This New Noise
The Extraordinary Birth and Troubled Life of the BBC
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2015
Charlotte Higgins, the Guardian's chief culture writer, steps behind the polished doors of Broadcasting House and investigates the BBC. Based on her hugely popular essay series, this personal journey answers the questions that rage around this vulnerable, maddening and uniquely British institution....
It's All Greek To Me
From Homer to the Hippocratic Oath, How Ancient Greece Has Shaped Our World
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2010
Why is ancient Greece important? Because, quite simply, if we want to understand the modern Western world, we need to look back to the Greeks. Consider the way we think about ethics, about the nature of beauty and truth, about our place in the universe, about our mortality. All this we have learned...
Latin Love Lessons
Put a Little Ovid in Your Life
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2010
It wasn't just heated floors, hot baths, aqueducts, and paved roads that the Romans did first and best—they were also experts at the art of love. From the most effective pickup lines to percipient advice on getting over a breakup, from grooming tips to sex tips, the Romans had time-proof solutions....
Under Another Sky
Journeys in Roman Britain
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2015
What does Roman Britain mean to us now? How were its physical remains rediscovered and made sense of? How has it been reimagined, in story and song and verse? Sometimes on foot, sometimes in a magnificent, if not entirely reliable, VW camper van, Charlotte Higgins sets out to explore the ancient monuments...
by G. K. Chesterton, Mrs. Molesworth, Charlotte M. Higgins
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2014
CONTENTS: Adela Cathcart by George MacDonald, Volume 1 Adela Cathcart, Volume 2 Adela Cathcart, Volume 3 The Allis Family by Velda Allis Eddy All's for the Best by T. S. Arthur Alone in London by Hesba Stretton Alvira, the Heroine of Vesuvius by A. J. O'Reilly Amos Huntingdon by Theodore P....
Theatre Symposium, Vol. 17
Outdoor Performance
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2011
Outdoor drama takes many forms: ancient Greek theatre, open-air performances of Shakespeare at summer festivals, and re-enactments of landmark historical events. The essays gathered in "Outdoor Performance," Volume 17 of the annual journal Theatre Symposium, address outdoor theatre's many...