During his lifetime, Spencer Tracy was known as Hollywood's 'actor's actor'. Critics wrote that what Olivier was to theatre, Tracy was to film. Over his career he was nominated for nine Academy Awards, and won two. But there has been no substantial, intimate biography of the man, until now. From his[...]
The Declaration on the Relation of the Church to Non-Christian Religions (Nostra Aetate) of the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965) called for Roman Catholics to join together with those who follow other religious paths in a spirit of cooperation, esteem, humility, and dialogue. In the 50 years since[...]
The essays presented in this volume, first published in 2000, describe a phenomenon so widespread in human time and space that its importance is easily overlooked. City walls shaped the history of warfare; the mobilisation of manpower and resources needed to build them favoured some kinds of politie[...]