Table of Contents
List of Contributors xiii
Introduction Jonathan Bate 1
Part 1 Learning from the Past
1 Live Classics: Or 'What's the use of Aeschylus in Darfur?' Mary Beard 17
2 The Value of Archaeological Research Mike Parker Pearson 30
3 Why Religious History Matters: Perspectives from 1851 John Wolffe 44
4 The Use and Abuse of National History and the National Poet Jonathan Bate 56
5 Custodians and Active Citizens Robert Hampson 68
6 Architectural History in Academia and the Wider Community Deborah Howard 76
7 'This is a local film': The Cultural and Social Impact of the Mitchell & Kenyon Film Collection Vanessa Toulmin 87
Part 2 Looking Around Us
8 Living Landscapes Stephen Daniels Ben Cowell 105
9 Making a Home: English Culture and English Landscape Matthew H. Johnson 118
10 Accidental Haiku, or Encouragement, Enlightenment and Raising Aspiration Catherine Leyshon 131
11 Thinking about Architecture Iain Borden 142
12 'All this Useless Beauty': The Hidden Value of Research in Art and Design Mike Press 155
13 A Museum Perspective Christopher Breward 171
14 The Value of Music Research to Life in the UK Katie Overy 184
Part 3 Informing Policy
15 Hard Cases, Hard Times and the Humanity of Law Gary Watt 197
The Value of Genocide Studies Jürgen Zimmerer 208
History and Public Policy Simon Szreter 219
'Sorting the Sheep from the Sheep': Value, Worth and the Creative Industries Richard Howells 232
Part 4 Using Words, Thinking Hard
19 Language Matters 1: Linguistics April McMahon Will Barras Lynn Clark Remco Knooihuizen Amanda Patten Jennifer Sullivan 247
20 Language Matters 2: Modern Languages Michael Kelly 259
21 Making Meaning: Literary Research in the Twenty-first Century Francis O'Gorman 272
22 The Value of Art and the Art of Evaluation Rónán McDonald 283
23 'And your point is…?' Chris Gosden 295
24 Philosophy and the Quest for the Unpredictable Nicholas Davey 303
Index 313
