Everyone thinks they know the Sid James story the wife-beating womaniser who seduced his Carry On' leading lady, Barbara Windsor, and drank himself to death after the affair ended. Sid was certainly a lover of the flesh be it chorus girls or race horses but the rumours that have enlivened hundreds of newspaper exposes fail to tell the whole story of this complex actor. At turns a quiet, even-temp

An important reassessment of South Africa's history and a significant new tool for students and academics of African history worldwide.

A cultural interpretation of South Africa's colonial history, specifically the Cape Colony, between 1750 and 1870.

In virtually all the countries of the world, men, and to a lesser extent women, are today dressed in very similar clothing. This book gives a compelling account and analysis of the process by which this has come about. It investigates the symbolic and message-bearing aspects of clothing, and also practical matters of production and distribution.

Audio drama on a double CD, running time approx 2 hours.

Fiftieth Anniversary Edition. As uniquely British an institution as there ever was, the saucy scripts, classic gags and a repertory company of familiar stars helped to make the Carry Ons some of the best-loved comedies ever produced. Packed with information and exclusive images from the archive of Gerald Thomas, who directed all 31 films in the series, 'The Carry on Story' also features ...

Presents an understanding of Chinese security policy. This book covers such fundamental areas as the role of international structure in state behavior, the use of force in international politics (including deterrence, coercive diplomacy, and war), and the sources of great-power conflict and cooperation and balance of power politics.

A Southern African history from the introduction of agriculture to the government of Thabo Mbeki.

Audio drama on double CD. Starring Colin Baker.

In virtually all the countries of the world, men, and to a lesser extent women, are today dressed in very similar clothing. This book gives a compelling account and analysis of the process by which this has come about. It investigates the symbolic and message-bearing aspects of clothing, and also practical matters of production and distribution.

This is the 'unseen' story of the Carry On phenomenon, packed full of facts and previously unseen stills from the archives of Gerald Thomas, who directed all 31 films in the series. Delving below the surface of whatever is already familiar, Carry On historian supreme Robert Ross has unearthed hitherto unseen material that will delight loyal fans and recent converts alike. This volume is a visual .

Throughout the 1970s, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden and Bill Oddie created the most imaginative, inventive and consistently hilarious television show around. This book recalls their earliest collaborations on stage and radio, then covers in detail their nine series of television classics.

A tribute to the long-running sit-com Last of the Summer Wine . The book contains interviews with the show's major stars and recalls the numerous guest stars that have featured over the years. There is a guide to every show since 1973 and archive photographs provides a trip down memory lane.

This guide includes everything you ever wanted to know about the history and stars of the Python comedy team from And Now For Something Completely Different to The Wind In The Willows via Dead Parrots , Twelve Monkeys and Basil the Rat .