Issue No. 7 (Autumn 2009)
ARTICLES
Beautiful Death: the Nineteenth-century Fascination with Antigone
By Tara Beaney {M.A, Arts & Humanities}
The aesthetic of death in the Greek tragedy
The Place of Bloomsbury in the Novels of George Gissing
By Prof. Richard Dennis {Professor of Human Geography, Social & Historical Sciences}
Marking the spaces of Gissing's Victorian London
The Italian Experience at its Periphery: Change and Continuity in the Psychiatric Hospitals of Teramo
By Piergiorgio Di Giminiani {Ph.D, Social & Historical Sciences}
Tradition and revolution in the Italian psychiatric system
The Grey Woman and Bluebeard's Bride: Comparisons between Elizabeth Gaskell's The Grey Woman and the tale of Bluebeard
By Michael Hiltbrunner {Ph.D, Arts & Humanities}
The dark side of fairy tales
Angels, Putti, Dragons and Fairies: Believing the Impossible
By Prof. Roger S. Wotton {Professor of Biology, Life Sciences}
Dissecting the myth of winged beings
COMMENTARIES & RESEARCH NOTES
Environmental Policy and Public Opinion: A Note on Instrument Choice
By Raphael Calel {M.Sc, Social & Historical Sciences}
How do we reduce natural resource consumption?
Pushing, Pulling, Twisting, Stretching: The Power of Light under the Microscope
By Dr Philip H. Jones {Senior Lecturer in Physics & Astronomy, Mathematical & Physical Sciences}
Exploring the many faces of light
Think twice before you 'Boo' your sports competitor
By Irma T. Kurniawan {Ph.D, Life Sciences}
Positive/negative moods and sports psychology
Gender Dis-orienting Interpretations at Saqqara, Egypt
By Davide Mazzone {M.A, Social & Historical Sciences}
Homosexuality in ancient Egyptian sculpture
REVIEWS
Aaron Goodfellow, 'Pharmaceutical Intimacy: Sex, Death and Methamphetamine', Home Cultures, Vol. 5 (No.3) 2008
By Sophie Bennet {B.A, Social & Historical Sciences}
The human side of drug use
The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature, by Steven Pinker
By Lotte Meteyard {Ph.D, Life Sciences}
Continuing the nature-nurture debate