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CUSTARD, CULVERTS AND CAKE : academics on life in the archers.

Leading scholars from the Academic Archers network combine a love of The Archers with their specialist subjects, in Custard, Culverts and Cake - a sometimes serious, but most often wry look at the people of Ambridge. Scholars take on subjects such as food, geography, social media, faith and naturall...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Place of publication not identified] EMERALD Group PUBL, 2017.
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  • Front Cover
  • Custard, Culverts and Cake
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • Chapter Synopses
  • Introduction
  • The Archers Analysed: Academic Perspectives on Life in Borsetshire
  • Building Academic Archers
  • Accidental â#x80;Aca-Fansâ#x80;#x99; and the â#x80;Fandomâ#x80;#x99; in Co-Production of Knowledge
  • Fan Studies
  • Acts of Creation and Interpretation: All We Have Is an Ability to Structure Information
  • References
  • Section One: Genteel Country Hobbies?
  • 1. My Parsnips Are Bigger Than Your Parsnips: The Negative Aspects of Competing at Flower and Produce ShowsFlower and Produce Shows: Fact versus Fiction
  • Why Do People Compete?
  • The Fiction: The Ambridge Flower and Produce Show
  • The Fact: A Flower and Produce Show in Wiltshire
  • Rules â#x80;Œ and Unwritten Rules
  • Truth is Stranger than Fiction â#x80;Œ
  • Conclusion
  • Acknowledgements
  • References
  • Peer Review, by Bert Fry, Brookfield Bungalow, Ambridge, Borsetshire
  • 2. â#x80;Big Telephoto Lens, Small Ticklistâ#x80;#x99;: Birdwatching, Class and Gender in Ambridge
  • AcknowledgementsReferences
  • Review by Jennifer Aldridge, Home Farm, Ambridge, Borsetshire
  • 3. The Ambridge Paradox: Cake Consumption and Metabolic Health in a Defined Rural Population
  • A Miraculous Anomaly?
  • â#x80;Granâ#x80;#x99;s Famous Lemon Drizzleâ#x80;#x99;
  • â#x80;Coffee? Iâ#x80;#x99;ve Made A Fresh Potâ#x80;#x99;
  • â#x80;Only Soup and a Sandwichâ#x80;#x99;
  • â#x80;Iâ#x80;#x99;ve been Baking All Day â#x80;Œâ#x80;#x99;
  • â#x80;Iâ#x80;#x99;m Just About to Start on Lunchâ#x80;#x99;
  • â#x80;Supperâ#x80;#x99;s on the Tableâ#x80;#x99;
  • â#x80;Iâ#x80;#x99;ve Started another Batch of Borsetshire Blueâ#x80;#x99;
  • â#x80;Race You to the Top of Lakey Hill!â#x80;#x99
  • Â#x80;I Just Popped Round â#x80;Œâ#x80;#x99;â#x80;Listen to That Dawn Chorus!â#x80;#x99;
  • Discussion: The Ambridge Eatwell Plate?
  • References
  • Peer Review By Christine Barford, The Lodge, Ambridge, Borsetshire
  • Section Two: Educating Ambridge
  • 4. Ambridge as Metaphor: Sharing the Mission and Values of a 21st-Century Library
  • References
  • 5. We Donâ#x80;#x99;t Need No Education? The Absence of Primary Education in The Archers
  • Introduction
  • Primary Education in England
  • Primary Education in Ambridge
  • Educational Inauthenticity in Ambridge
  • References
  • Peer Review by Nic Grundy, Greenwood Cottage, Ambridge, Borsetshire6. Educating Freddie Pargetter: Or, Will He Pass His Maths GCSE?
  • Introduction
  • Bereavement studies
  • Motivation and environment
  • Freddie and Lily Move On
  • The Aims of Education
  • Ambridge, Education and Social Media
  • Borchester College
  • Generations Disagree
  • â#x80;#x99;Twas Ever Thus
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Peer Review by Jill Archer, Brookfield Farm, Ambridge, Borsetshire
  • 7. Phoebe Goes to Oxford
  • References
  • Section Three: The Geography of Ambridge
  • ""8. Get Me out of Here! Assessing Ambridgeâ#x80;#x99;s Flood Resilience""