Sunday Telegraph Research Articles

Politics over the Gulf: Trevor Griffiths in the Nineties

In a January 1992 interview with Douglas Kennedy of the Sunday Telegraph, Trevor Griffiths lamented the current state of British political theater: "The social function of theater is dead — someone should call the priest and say last rites over the British theater," He has not been alone in his anger and concern. In a May 1988 symposium on the state of the theater in Thatcher's Britain, John McGrath observed, "The number of new plays being done now is a third of what it was ten years ago. There's a real chance that within the next five years they will disappear completely." This symposium was followed (in December 1988) by a conference of British theater professionals and academics entitled "Theater in Crisis." The 1980s were clearly a decade of attrition for the British theater, particularly on the Left, and the early years of the 1990s have offered little change in the underlying policies and trends that brought about this attrition. Yet Griffiths's career in the early nineties — like those of Howard Brenton, Caryl Churchill, David Hare, and others in the theater — suggests that British social and political theater is still alive, if diminished from its flourishing in the sixties and seventies.

Aristotle's economic thought

'[Meikle's] aim is to make proper sense of Aristotle's economic thinking, and in a detailed, lucid discussion he succeeds brilliantly.' Peter Jones, Sunday Telegraph Aristotle's work on money was the backbone of medieval thinking about commerce, and it is still the foundation of Catholic teaching about market behaviour. Marx's theory of economic value was based on it, and so was much of the economic analysis of money into the present century. In the past hundred years the interpretation of Aristotle's work on money has become chaotic. Economists claim Aristotle as the father of economics, while classical scholars hold that Aristotle had no economic theory at all. It is argued here that Aristotle does develop a coherent theory of economic value, wealth, exchange, and money, but that this theory cannot be assimilated to what we call economics because its metaphysical foundation is incompatible with the Humean metaphysics on which economics is built. From an Aristotelian standpoint, ethics and economics are competitors over the same ground, as rival sources of reasons for decision-making in the public realm, and they cannot be reconciled.

Researching the market

Dominic Lawson, moving recently from the editorship of the Spectator to that of the Sunday Telegraph, recalled the report of a “rather expensive piece of market research” that he had received when he arrived in his first editorial chair. According to the results, 24% of readers thought that the Spectator carried too much sport. This was interesting because there was no sport whatever in the magazine at that time. The experience taught Lawson something about the value of market research—”and also impelled me immediately to inaugurate the ‘Spectator Sport’ column.” Lawson's reminiscence triggered one of my own. Nearly 30 years ago, on joining the staff of New Scientist, I learned that a rather expensive piece of market research had been commissioned. There …

Englishmen and Jews: Social Relations and Political Culture, 1840-1914.

Book synopsis: This book presents an important new perspective on Jews in England - and English attitudes towards them - during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This was a period of fundamental change. At the accession of Queen Victoria, Jews in England were a small and disadvantaged minority, numbering no more than 30,000 and excluded from parliament. By the early twentieth century, political and legal disabilities had been almost completely abolished, the Jewish population grown tenfold, and mass immigration from eastern Europe had changed the face of Anglo-Jewry. In exploring these fundamental changes David Feldman investigates the reality of Jewish integration more rigorously than any previous study, and addresses the central questions arising from the Jewish presence in England. To what extent did English society accept or reject the Jewish minority within it? How did the Jews' religious, communal and political identities develop in the English context? What was the impact of immigration, and how did the immigrants fare within the English economy? 'Englishmen and Jews' draws on a wide range of source materials in both English and Yiddish. Its chapters span political, religious, economic and social history. It deals with arguments between Whigs and Tories over Jewish emancipation and with the turbulent political life of the Jewish East End of London, with anti-semitic assaults on Disraeli and with the travails of the immigrant sweatshop workers. Above all, it reshapes our understanding of the connections between English and Jewish history during this period. By seeing each in the context provided by the other it enables us to see both in new ways, and adds strikingly to the debates on national identity and liberalism, and on class and community in pre-1914 English society. 'Ambitious and highly sophisticated ...A great achievement providing a well-researched and analytically sharp account.' Tony Kushner, History Today 'A stimulating and innovative study ...Ambitious in scope and range of concerns.' Thomas Linehan, Jewish Quarterly 'Feldman makes a heroically fair-minded effort to understand opponents of emancipation and unrestricted immigration on their own terms ...On the whole, it is a happy story that he has to tell.' John Gross, Sunday Telegraph Dr. David Feldman is a member of the School of History, Classics and Archaeology at Birkbeck College, the University of London.

Bosnia: A Short History

Bosnia: A Short History was celebrated on its first publication as a brilliant work of history which set the terrible war in the Balkans in its full historical and political context. This revised edition has been updated with a new chapter that covers the events of 1993-1995 and remains the definitive work on the complex history of Bosnia. 'A quite brilliant piece of historical record-straightening. Everyone who wishes to have an opinion about Bosnia must read this book.' - Niall Ferguson, Daily Mail. 'Clear-sighted, authoritative and eloquent.' - Dimitri Obolensky, Times Literary Supplement. 'A Triumph of clarity, learning and balance.' - Adrian Hastings, New Statesman and Society. 'Excellent.' - Paddy Ashdown, Sunday Times. 'This is a splendid work of synthesis on a very complex subject, written with insight and sympathy: the best, indeed the only, informed book on a history that has become both topical and tragic.' - Hugh Trevor-Roper, Sunday Telegraph. 'A marvellous book, a work of great scholarship.' - Margaret Thatcher.

China and the GATT: Two Theories of Political Economy Explaining China's Desire for Membership in the GATT

CHINA AND THE GATT: TWO THEORIES OF POLITICAL ECONOMY EXPLAINING CHINA'S DESIRE FOR MEMBERSHIP IN THE GATIh Monica Hsiaot I. INTRODUCTION In May 1993, shortly before the fourteenth session of the GATT Working Party on China, Li Zhongzhou, Deputy Director General of the International Relations Department of the Minis- try of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation ( MOFTEC ), stated that China would pass a new law to mesh with both GATT rules and China's special conditions. '2 He hinted that unification of the two-track foreign currency exchange rate was imminent and that this was one among a number of conces- 3 sions designed to prepare China's market for GATT accession. On January 1, 1994, Beijing officials promulgated a new tax sys- tem in China, unified the country's official exchange rate, and began a complete overhaul of the banking system, apparently sig- to accelerate its transition to a nalling China's determination managed economy. These fast-paced reforms are part of China's on-going ef- forts to become a member of the GATT. 5 It has been seven years since China expressed its desire to join GAT, and China is t J.D. Expected, UCLA School of Law, May 1995; M.A., Stanford University, 1. The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ( GAF' ) is an international trade organization, supported by a set of agreements signed by 105 countries and trading territories and aimed at promoting free trade by reducing tariffs and elimi- nating non-tariff barriers. Chinese Talks on GATT Stall over Basic Issue, WALL ST. J., Mar. 3, 1993, at 1. 2. Yong Wang, One Step Closer for China to Enter GATT, CHINA DAILY, May 22, 1993, at 1. 3. Id. 4. Merrill Lynch & Co. Global Securities Research & Economics Group, MER- RILL LYNCH ASIAN ECON. COMMENTARY, Feb. 1, 1994, at 1, 2 [hereinafter MERRILL LYNCH COMMENTARY]. 5. China's Devaluation Aimed at Investors, CHI. TRIB., Jan. 2, 1994, at C17; China's Overhaul of Tax System Creates Problems, Benefits for Foreign Investors, 11 Int'l Trade Rep. (BNA), Feb. 2, 1994, at 173 [hereinafter China's Overhaulj; Robert Tyerman, Beijing Takes Two Steps to the West, SUNDAY TELEGRAPH (London), Jan.

Stand on your guard

Stand on your guard

The United Irishmen: Republicanism, Radicalism and Rebellion

Cruise O'Brien, Sunday Telegraph. 22 essays give a fascinating composite portrait of 1790s Ireland, a crucible of nationalism, nascent nineteenth-century democratic politics, and social and cultural change, a decade which is increasingly being considered as one of the most formative in modern Irish history.

LEGAL ASPECTS OF CHARACTER MERCHANDISING

Alongside the ubiquitous computer games apparently the marketing success of the 1992 toy season was a series of 25 year old puppets who had featured in a repeat showing of the orginal ITV series on BBC — Thunderbirds — more than 70 franchises have been sold to sell goods marked with the International Rescue logo and it is alleged that these products are even bigger than the previous smash marketing hit the Teenage Mutant Ninja turtles, saving thousands of jobs and making substantial profits for the British toy industry. The characters are licensed for right‐owners ITC (originally the international marketing arm of ATV, the ITV company which put out the programme, and now an independent company, ATV having long since lost its ITV franchise) by Copyright Promotions, Europe's largest licensing company (‘Thunderbirds are go to save the toy industry’ Sunday Telegraph 15/11/92).

Uncertainty: The Life and Science of Werner Heisenberg

David Cassidy's portrait of this brilliant, ambitious and controversial scientist is the definitive Heisenberg biography. An absorbing new biography of Werner Heisenberg ... The Sunday Telegraph is an exquisite book. Nature ...well balanced and exciting reading. Uncertainty is an excellent work which combines meticulous scholarship with a presentation freed of intellectual jargon and unnecessary scientific details. I see its merits first of all in its comprehensiveness and accuracy, and next in its success in recreating the personal drama of one of the greatest and most influential scientists of this century. Times HigherEducation Supplement

Review of Brocard Sewell's "G.K.'s Weekly: An Appraisal" from "The Sunday Telegraph"

Review of Brocard Sewell's "G.K.'s Weekly: An Appraisal" from "The Sunday Telegraph"

Spain and Its World, 1500-1700: Selected Essays.

In these essays the pre-eminent historian of early modern Spain and its world looks at the character of the Spanish Habsburg court; the ties between sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Spain, the rest of Europe, and the New World; and the decline of Spanish world power. 'Professor Elliott is our most distinguished historian of the imperial age of Spain, and in 'Spain and Its World' he has collected twelve essays which illustrate several of the great and continuing problems of that history ... These are wonderful essays, erudite and yet lucid, wide-ranging but full of fascinating detail, by a master of the subject. They are beautifully written and a delight to read.' Hugh Trevor-Roper, The Sunday Telegraph 'An elegantly designed work prefaced by a personal memoir of his journey through Spanish history ... For anyone interested in the history of empire, of Europe and of Spain, here is a book to keep within reach, to read, to study and to enjoy.' John Lynch, 'Times Literary Supplement' 'Elliott's contribution to our knowledge of the history of Imperial Spain is immense ... The author combines solid historical research with a smooth narrative style to produce elegant essays which inform, stimulate, and frequently entertain the reader.' 'Virginia Quarterly Review' J. H. Elliott was Regius Professor of Modern History in the University of Oxford. He is the author of 'The Count-Duke of Olivares', 'A Palace for a King' (with Jonathan Brown) and 'Empires of the Atlantic World'.

Salute from the Poms? - One View of Aborigines and the Bicentennary

Readers of this journal may have noted that in a recent issue of Australian Archaeology (No.26, p.111 ), the editors published a copy of a controversial editorial about Australian Aborigines. The editorial which originally appeared in The Sun newspaper in England, contained a series of inaccurate and unfounded allegations about Aborigines. It was the subject of a formal complaint by a number of people, among them the authors of this article. The complaint was adjudicated by the British Press Council and was upheld. On 11th July 1988, the Press Council found that the editorial was 'offensive, misleading and unacceptably racist' and demanded that The Sun print a retraction. It is rare to win such a complaint - in 1988 only 4% (52) of those received by the Press Council were upheld. In this article we present a brief description of our complaint, outlining a number of interesting points about the case. These are firstly, that the material in dispute was published only in Britain and not in Australia, despite the fact that The Sun is owned by a well-known Australian expatriate - Rupert Murdoch, who also owns many Australian newspapers. Secondly, The Sun , in attempting to defend itself against the complaints, enlisted the help of Professor Geoffrey Blainey. Since Professor Blainey has no recent academic publications in the field of Aboriginal studies, then it seems his main qualifications for the position of The Sun' s expert witness must be as follows. Firstly, he is a regular contributor to Murdoch's Australian newspapers, particularly The Australia. Secondly, soon after The Sun' s editorial appeared, he published a personal view on Aborigines and the Bicentennary in a British newspaper, The Sunday Telegraph. This article, which is reproduced here, although not as outrageous as The Sun 's efforts, nonetheless contains material which would be challenged by researchers in the field of Aboriginal studies. We note that it too, was not published in Australia.

Sotheby's world wine encyclopedia: a comprehensive reference guide to the wines of the world

This book is designed to act as an encyclopaedia of wines and a practical guide to choosing and appreciating wine. It contains taste charts, giving details of individual wines - how they are grown, tasting notes, the best recent vintages and when to drink particular wines. Maps show the major wine regions of each country, with principal districts within each region highlighted as well as the whereabouts of individual chateaux and vineyards. Tom Stevenson is the author of the Sunday Telegraph Good Wine Guide and Champagne.

Can Feminism Survive a Third Term?

What will happen to feminism under a third term of a Conservative government; will it sink from view as after the war? Or will we simply see our values, ideas and passions cast out into the wilderness, marginalized in a climate of right-wing restraint? 'There is a good chance we shall be eradicated,' warned Andrea Dworkin, commenting on the future of feminism in the west in a recent Sunday Telegraph interview. Echoing her fears, British journalist Jill Tweedie suggested that: 'There could be a great leap forward or the whole thing could be lost forever.' However dramatic these claims appear, they connect with some concern we all share about the future of feminist politics. In this article I want to look briefly at the changing face of feminism under the Conservatives and how the particular contradictions of Thatcherism have contributed to these changes. It seems that while the political developments of the last eight years have produced fertile ground for a range of feminisms of the right and centre, they have led to a crisis of confidence in socialist feminist politics which is partly generational but mostly to do with the pressures of a complex, modernizing capitalism. As a response to these pressures, there is a discreet but growing tendency in favour of negotiation with these competing feminist discourses. The assumption is that the protagonists have been influenced by a high point of a radical movement, but this is understood by simplifying feminism's logical but contradictory emphasis on gender. An alliance politics which attaches too much significance to sex is especially problematic under Thatcher, where gender is not only part of her project and behaviour but it is also the basis of conflicting definitions about women's politics. Margaret Thatcher, women and feminism all look alike, differ completely, yet still flourish in the same garden. Their relationship to each other has made the permutations of feminist politics all the more difficult to interpret. One aspect of this difficulty is that we are uncertain about where the Women's Liberation Movement actually is now. Over the last few

Review of *Here's Lower* by Lennie Lower, ill. Patrick Cook, with a memoir by Cyril Pearl, selected by Tom Thompson

For a writer whose reputation rests on a single book, and who has been ignored in all the histories of Australian literature, Lennie Lower shows notable pertinacity. Here's Luck, first published in 1930, was reprinted eleven times before his death in 1947 and has remained in print for most of the time since. And though the selections of his tall tales and jeux d'esprit that were published in his own lifetime met with no comparable success, two further selections have appeared posthumously: The Best of Lennie Lower, presented by Cyril Pearl and WEP (Melbourne: Lansdowne, 1963), and the present selection by Tom Thompson. Most of the pieces in these and the earlier selections were originally printed in papers such as the Daily Telegraph, the Daily Guardian, Smith's Weekly, the Sunday Telegraph, and the Women's Weekly. They took their inspiration, such as it was, from chance personal experiences, from news items (real or imaginary), from topics of the day, or from any social phenomenon, quirk of human nature, or oddity of the English language that happened to tickle Lower's sense of humour. Those in Tom Thompson's selection range from little gems of verbal humour and witty social observation—worthy of the author of Here's Luck—to mere agglomerations of lame puns and leaden flights of fancy.

The 1983 parliamentary election in Finland

11. David McKie in The Guardian, 16 June 1983. 12. I. Crewe in The Guardian, 13 and 14 June 1983. 13. See the author's calculations in Sunday Telegraph, 12 June 1983. 14. Regional swing figures derived from ITN. 15. Figures from ITN. 16. Author's calculations. The term incumbents includes the two by-election victors elected under SDP colours as well as Bruce Douglas-Mann who resigned from Parliament on joining the SDP, fought a by-election held during the Falklands War and lost. It excludes those standing in seats unconnected with their old constituencies, and two MPs facing Liberal competition. 17. Crewe, op. cit. 18. The Economist, 18 June 1983. 19. This judgement is based on figures kindly supplied by Clive Payne, Social Studies Computing Unit, relating seats outcomes to various hypothetical distributions of the

The Secrecy and Freedom of Information Debates in Britain

RECENT DEBATES IN BRITAIN ABOUT SECRECY IN CENTRAL government have become immersed in the traditional tension between espionage and secrecy. Espionage concerns spies and others who intend to help an enemy and who deliberately harm the security of the nation. Secrecy means ‘the compulsory withholding of knowledge reinforced by the prospect of sanctions for disclosure’. Leakage of official information may involve persons having no intention of damaging the nation. However, harm to the country may ensue from information getting into the wrong hands, whether by espionage or leakage. Experience of this tension in practice was a major factor leading to the enactment of the Official Secrets Act 1911, with section 1 covering espionage and section 2 unauthorized disclosure of information, with the risk of prosecution for either offence. Journalists in particular are aggrieved that they may be subject to prosecution under the Act used to charge spies and traitors. Jonathan Aitken, one of the journalists prosecuted in 1970 under section 2 of the 1911 Act over extracts from a British diplomat's report leaked to the Sunday Telegraph about the Nigerian civil war, was acquitted and published his own version of the Nigerian case in his book Officially Secret (1971), which heavily criticized the Official Secrets Act.

Book Reviews : Sport and the Law by Edward Grayson. London: Sunday Telegraph, 1978. Soft cover, 78 pp., 1 pound (sterling)

Book Reviews : Sport and the Law by Edward Grayson. London: Sunday Telegraph, 1978. Soft cover, 78 pp., 1 pound (sterling)

Hugh Wilson's Twenty-Two Identical Letters

Previous articleNext article No AccessDiscussionHugh Wilson's Twenty-Two Identical LettersMorris DavisMorris Davis Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by Ethics Volume 80, Number 1Oct., 1969 Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/291748 Views: 1Total views on this site Copyright 1969 The University of ChicagoPDF download Crossref reports no articles citing this article.