The last few decades have witnessed an explosion in ideas and theories on art. Art itself has never been more popular, but much recent thinking remains inaccessible and difficult to use. This book assesses the work of leading thinkers (including artists) who are having a major impact on making, criticizing and interpreting art.

The university:union relationship is a vital but often underdeveloped and under-investigated dimension of higher education in the UK. But it is an essential feature of the landscape. These remain therefore extremely interesting times for universities and unions.

Our starting point was that university: union relationships matter. This project has reinforced that view immeasurably. They matter enormously to all involved in higher education. We hope that this report offers some assistance to those involved both directly and indirectly in university: union relations.

Despite the fact that Darwinian theory was perhaps the big idea of the nineteenth century, most critics in the past have assumed that Benito Pérez Galdós would have remained unaffected by this scientific and philosophical revolution.

This book explores the relationship between the management of creativity and creative approaches to management. It challenges the stereotypical opposition between 'creatives' and 'suits' and draws on the work of management theorists such as Mintzberg and Porter and creativity theorists such as Amabile and Boden. It draws on the practical experience of individuals working in the creative industries and looks at the place of creative organisations and creative business management in a new creative economy, based on ideas, images and information.

Emeritus Professor David Thomas and Warwick English and Theatre Studies graduate Jo Taylor have prepared this edition of Strindberg’s Miss Julie. Professor Thomas supervised Jo’s final year dissertation on Strindberg and was so impressed that he asked Methuen if they would permit her to contribute to the Miss Julie volume which he was already contracted to prepare for them. Having read her work they readily agreed to the proposal.