British Studies Web Pages

We have been reviewing new or recent works on Culture in ELT for some time and here are those which have already appeared. We will be continuing to add to these and welcome suggestions for reviews to join those below.

• Złote Ogniwa by Prof. Norman Davies
• The English, A Portrait of a People Jeremy Paxman
• Scotland - the Brand: The Making of Scottish Heritage David McCrone, Angela Morris and Richard Kiely
• Longman Dictionary of Language and Culture
• Oxford Guide to British and American Culture
• The British at Play Andy Hansen
• Language Learners as Ethnographers Celia Roberts et al
• Consuming Places John Urry
• New Labour, New Language Norman Fairclough
• No Future: Youth And Society E. Ellis Cashmore
• Language Death David Crystal
• Language and the Internet David Crystal
• Reel Meals, Set Meals: Food in Film and Theatre Gaye Poole + an interview with the author
• British History Seen through Art Gina D. B. Clemen & Laura Stagno
• Mythologies Roland Barthes
• Einstein's Dreams by Alan Lightman
• Oxford English for Information Technology E. H. Glendinning and J. McEwan