Emma Robertson

At school, Darcy Starr was the girl everyone wanted to be and the girl every boy wanted to be with - effortlessly beautiful, confident and most importantly, popular. Twenty years on, married to her childhood sweetheart Jon, and living in the suburbs with their young daughter, life still looks perfect until the reappearance of her old school friend, Alex, threatens to expose the cracks beneath the filters. Newly divorced and post-glow up, Alex Rigby is back in their lives and she's after revenge - but Darcy doesn't know why. On a group holiday to celebrate their friend's forthcoming wedding, both sides of the story begin to emerge, along with secrets and lies that will change their lives forever...

Den unga älgen Elliot lever ett stillsamt liv i Stjärnskogen – tills skogen en dag börjar brinna och han tappar bort sina föräldrar. Elliot hamnar ensam på en djurpark, men får snart hjälp av babianen Kevin och bävern Bea att rymma. Nu måste han leta efter sin familj – och rädda dem från den köttätande järven Jerry! Sökandet tar Elliot på ett äventyr genom Sverige, och längs vägen möter han många vänner. En är myggan Mozzi Quito, Elliots ganska irriterande men också väldigt kloka följeslagare. "Elliots äventyr" är en rolig och spännande berättelse – om mod, vänskap och att hitta hem mot alla odds.

This book is the first full-length history of the BBC World Service: from its interwar launch as short-wave radio broadcasts for the British Empire, to its twenty-first-century incarnation as the multi-media global platform of the British Broadcasting Corporation. The book provides insights into the BBC’s working relationship with the Foreign Office, the early years of the Empire Service, and the role of the BBC during the Second World War. In following the voice of the BBC through the Cold War and the contraction of the British empire, the book argues that debates about the work and purposes of the World Service have always involved deliberations about the future of the UK and its place in the world. In current times, these debates have been shaped by the British government’s commitment to leave the European Union and the centrifugal currents in British politics which in the longer term threaten the integrity of the United Kingdom. Through a detailed exploration of its past, the bookposes questions about the World Service’s possible future and argues that, for the BBC, the question is not only what it means to be a global broadcaster as we enter the third decade of the twenty-first century, but what it means to be a national broadcaster in a divided kingdom.

This book is the first full-length history of the BBC World Service: from its interwar launch as short-wave radio broadcasts for the British Empire, to its twenty-first-century incarnation as the multi-media global platform of the British Broadcasting Corporation. The book provides insights into the BBC’s working relationship with the Foreign Office, the early years of the Empire Service, and the role of the BBC during the Second World War. In following the voice of the BBC through the Cold War and the contraction of the British empire, the book argues that debates about the work and purposes of the World Service have always involved deliberations about the future of the UK and its place in the world. In current times, these debates have been shaped by the British government’s commitment to leave the European Union and the centrifugal currents in British politics which in the longer term threaten the integrity of the United Kingdom. Through a detailed exploration of its past, the bookposes questions about the World Service’s possible future and argues that, for the BBC, the question is not only what it means to be a global broadcaster as we enter the third decade of the twenty-first century, but what it means to be a national broadcaster in a divided kingdom.

From Charlie and the Chocolate Factory to Chocolat, from romantic gift to guilty indulgence, chocolate has a special place in Western popular culture. But what are the hidden histories behind this luxurious commodity? This book examines chocolate production from cocoa bean to chocolate box, illuminating the dynamics of gender, race and empire which have structured the cocoa chain. Using a varied range of sources, and drawing on the author’s own relationship to the industry, this book reconnects the people and places at different stages of chocolate production. Emma Robertson stresses the need to recognise the complex histories of empire and labour which have made such pleasurable consumption possible. Chocolate, women and empire offers exciting new insights into the lives of women workers in a global industry. It will be invaluable to historians of British imperialism as well as to students of Women’s and Gender Studies, Cultural Studies and Business Studies.