Sport, social change and the public intellectual

This article argues that the role of the public intellectual in sport is desperately needed. The research for the article draws upon key interviews and newspaper reports. The paper examines three questions: (i) What is the role of the public intellectual in sport? (ii) Do we wish to encourage the role of the public intellectual in sport? (iii) How does one balance the objective of challenging unseen silences in sport with its potential transformative capacity to produce change (or at least be a resource for hope) in many communities. The challenge is for today’s sociologists of sport and others not to accept the narrow job description of the academic but instead to ensure that the social study of sport is one of these very public, visible forms of activity and engagement

Regulation, governance and agglomeration: making links in city-region research

This paper provides an overview and synthesis of debates pertaining to the development of city-regions and their applicability to the UK space economy. The purpose is to make links to advance both interna- tional academic debates and realpolitik policy knowledge concerns. The paper, firstly, traces the multifari- ous and at times disconnected academic discussions around the concepts of regionalism, city-regionalism and localism in the UK. Secondly, it considers the contemporary academic debates on the city-region, focusing in particular on those applicable to the current UK policy context. Given that city-regions are increasingly seen as the principal (and often unquestioned) consolidating spatial scale for economic and social development, the paper, thirdly, probes on the silent and missing aspects of the prescribed city-re- gion approach, connecting and contributing in turn to concerns with building inclusive-growth

Letter to the editor regarding an article on John Berger's acceptance speech

Press cuttings and articles regarding and reacting to John Berger’s acceptance speech at the 1972 award ceremon

Article announcing the winner of the 1971 prize: Part 12

Articles and cuttings announcing the winner of the 1971 Booker Priz

Newspaper competition entries offering thoughts on the Booker Prize

Cuttings regarding winner of 1973 Booker Priz

Article announcing the winner of the 1971 prize: Part 23

Cuttings and papers regarding the 1971 Booker Prize winner V S Naipau

Advert for V.S.Naipaul's books: Part 1

Cuttings and papers regarding the 1971 Booker Prize winner V S Naipau