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... according to liberal historians,6 also escaped from the shadow of the state to become independent. The BBC's initial subordination was symbolized by its craven conduct in the 1926 General Strike when it excluded from the microphone both ...
... according to this tradition, was not simply a 'material' phenomenon, but also a 'cultural' one in that it could be a way of expressing a sense of individuality, social connection or community (Bermingham and Brewer 1995). The ownership ...
... according to Carey, by intellectuals' growing resentment that their taste and leadership had been rejected by the people. However, this was expressed as a seemingly impersonal aesthetic in which, it was argued, timeless cultural values ...
... according to Jeffrey Richards (1989), by the rise of three home-grown film stars each of whom embodied different aspects of British popular culture: Gracie Fields, a homely, high-spirited and shrewd 'Lancashire lass', with whom many ...
... . It was better, according to the Sunday Express, to 'give a healthy girl a phial of prussic acid than this novel' since 'poison kills the body, but moral poison kills the soul' (cited in McKibbin 1998:324). This 24 Media history.