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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:	Libro Electrónico
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	Inglés
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] EMERALD Group PUBL, 2017.
Subjects:	Archers (Radio program) Ambridge (Imaginary place) Popular culture. PERFORMING ARTS > Reference.
Online Access:	Texto completo Texto completo

Table of Contents:

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""

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

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