Books
<articles> <reviews> <poetry> <broadcast television>
       
  in progress   The Cambridge History of World War I (co-author)
Five chapters on social, literary and intellectual history
       
1997   The General Crisis of the Seventeenth Century (2nd ed.)
    (Routledge) editor with Geoffrey Parker
     
1987   The Making of Britain: Echoes of Greatness, editor
    (Macmillan Press)
     
1986   The Making of Britain: The Age of Revolution, editor
    (Macmillan Press)
       
  1985   The Making of Britain: The Age of Expansion, editor 
      (Macmillan Press)
       
  1984   The Making of Britain: The Middle Ages, editor 
      (Macmillan Press)
       
  1984   The Making of Britain: The Dark Ages, editor 
      (Macmillan Press)
       
  1978   The General Crisis of the Seventeenth Century
      (Routledge and Kegan Paul) editor with Geoffrey Parker
       
       
 
 
Articles
<books> <reviews> <poetry> <broadcast television>
       
  1999   it was as if the story were alive
      English Matters, Hypermedia Writing,Fall 1999, issue 2(alternative link: http://osf1.gmu.edu/~lsmithg/embegin.htm)
       
  1993   Love will not Protect you: Beth B., Fred Ward and Two Small Bodies
      Visions, Fall 1993
       
  1981   Sackcloth for the Sinner or Punishment for the Crime
      New Perspectives in Scottish History (John Donald)
       
       
     
Film and Television Review Articles
<books> <articles> <poetry> <broadcast television>
       
  June 2005   A Setting Sun? (a review of The 4400 - tv)
http://popmatters.com/tv/reviews/f/4400-050627.shtml

Popmatters...the magazine of global culture
       
  May 2005

Umbrella Resistance (a review of The Partisans of Vilna - dvd/cd set)
http://popmatters.com/film/reviews/p/partisans-of-vilna.shtml
Popmatters...the magazine of global culture
 

 
  March
2005
  Clone Again (a review of Law & Order: Trial by Jury - tv)
http://popmatters.com/tv/reviews/l/law-and-order-trial-by-jury.shtml
Popmatters...the magazine of global culture
 
   
  March
2005
  Charade (a review of Dear Frankie - film)
http://www.popmatters.com/film/reviews/d/dear-frankie.shtml
Popmatters...the magazine of global culture
 
   
  February
2005
  Without Haste (a review of A Voyage in Time - dvd)
http://www.popmatters.com/film/reviews/n/national-treasure.shtml
Popmatters...the magazine of global culture
 
   
  November 2004   Status Quo (a review of National Treasure - film)
Popmatters...the magazine of global culture
 
   
  November 2004

Loose Ends (a review of The West Wing - series 6, tv)
http://www.popmatters.com/tv/reviews/w/west-wing-2004.shtml
Popmatters...the magazine of global culture
 

 
  October 2004

Itches (a review of dr. vegas - tv)
http://popmatters.com/tv/reviews/d/dr-vegas-2004.shtml
Popmatters...the magazine of global culture
 

 
  October 2004

Law & Order Premiere Week (a review of Law & Order, Law and Order: Special Victims Unit & Law & Order: Criminal Intent - all tv)
http://www.popmatters.com/tv/reviews/l/law-and-order-2004.shtml
Popmatters...the magazine of global culture
       
  September 2004

A Plurality of Jesuses (a review of From Jesus to Christ - dvd of tv documentary series)
http://www.popmatters.com/film/reviews/f/from-jesus-to-christ.shtml
Popmatters...the magazine of global culture
 

 
  July
2004
  All Taken Away (a review of The Spy Who Came in from the Cold - DVD)
http://www.popmatters.com/film/reviews/s/spy-who-came-in-from-the-cold-dvd.shtml
Popmatters...the magazine of global culture
       
  June
2004
  Peregrinations (a review of The Winds of War - DVD)
http://www.popmatters.com/tv/reviews/w/winds-of-war-dvd.shtml
Popmatters...the magazine of global culture
       
  June
2004
  Tube of Steel (a review of Das Boot - DVD of the original, uncut version)
http://popmatters.com/film/reviews/b/boot-uncut-dvd.shtml
Popmatters...the magazine of global culture
       
  March
2004
  Seduced by Capitalism (a review of James' Journey to Jerusalem)
http://www.popmatters.com/film/reviews/j/james-journey-to-jerusalem.shtml
Popmatters...the magazine of global culture
       
  March
2004
  No Home (a review of Lost Boys of the Sudan)
http://www.popmatters.com/film/reviews/l/lost-boys-of-sudan.shtml
Popmatters...the magazine of global culture
       
  Dec.
2003
  Not All Jam and Jerusalem (a review of Calendar Girls)
http://www.popmatters.com/film/reviews/c/calendar-girls.shtml
Popmatters...the magazine of global culture
       
  Nov.
2003
  Sidewalk Impresario (a review of The Handler)
http://www.popmatters.com/tv/reviews/h/handler.shtml
Popmatters...the magazine of global culture
       
  Oct.
2003
  Sex and Sentimentality (a review of Las Vegas)
http://www.popmatters.com/tv/reviews/l/las-vegas.shtml
Popmatters...the magazine of global culture
       
  Oct.
2003
  Cincinnatus or Caesar? (a review of Cromwell - DVD)
http://www.popmatters.com/film/reviews/c/cromwell.shtml
Popmatters...the magazine of global culture
       
  Aug.
2003

A War Aslant (a review of Black and White in Color)
http://popmatters.com/film/reviews/b/black-and-white-in-color.shtml
Popmatters...the magazine of global culture
   
 
  June
2003

An Admirable Account of Himself (an obituary of Gregory Peck)
http://www.popmatters.com/film/features/030617-peck1.shtml
Popmatters...the magazine of global culture
   
 
  May 2003
"Je Suis Earp, Wyatt Earp" (a review of Man on the Train)
http://www.popmatters.com/film/reviews/m/man-on-the-train.shtml
Popmatters...the magazine of global culture

 
 

April 2003
Tango de la Bore (a review of Assassination Tango)
http://popmatters.com/film/reviews/a/assassination-tango.shtml
Popmatters...the magazine of global culture

 
 

Dec.
2002

No Longer (a review of Chicago)
http://www.popmatters.com/film/reviews/c/chicago.shtml
Popmatters...the magazine of global culture

 
 

Dec.
2002

Lives Unlived (a review of The Hidden Half and Two Women)
http://popmatters.com/film/reviews/t/two-women.shtml
Popmatters...the magazine of global culture

 
 

Oct.
2002

Visions (a review of Boomtown)
http://www.popmatters.com/tv/reviews/b/boomtown.shtml
Popmatters...the magazine of global culture
       
  Sept. 2002   Frankenstein (a review of Hack)
http://www.popmatters.com/tv/reviews/h/hack.shtml 
Popmatters...the magazine of global culture
       
  Sept. 2002   Kitchen-Sink Killing (a review of The Sopranos)
http://popmatters.com/TV/reviews/s/sopranos-2002.shtml
Popmatters...the magazine of global culture
       
  Sept. 2002   Forgotten by History (a review of Gaza Strip)
http://popmatters.com/film/reviews/g/gaza-strip.shtml
Popmatters...the magazine of global culture
       
  June
2002
  Open Your Own Book (a review of Married in America)
http://www.popmatters.com/TV/reviews/m/married-in-america.shtml 
Popmatters...the magazine of global culture
       
  June
2002
  Alice in Wonderland Logic (a review of The Path to War)
http://www.popmatters.com/TV/reviews/p/path-to-war.shtml
Popmatters...the magazine of global culture
       
  April 2002   The Last Waltz 
http://www.popmatters.com/film/reviews/l/last-waltz.shtml 
Popmatters...the magazine of global culture
       
  Feb.
2002
  Resistance Against Space (a review of Giacometti - DVD)
http://popmatters.com/film/reviews/a/alberto-giacometti.shtml 
Popmatters...the magazine of global culture
       
  Jan.
2002
  Chic to be Catholic (a review of First Monday
(http://www.popmatters.com/TV/reviews/f/first-monday.html) 
Popmatters...the magazine of global culture
 
   
  Dec.
2001
  Emotions by Numbers (a review of A Beautiful Mind)
(http://www.popmatters.com/film/reviews/b/beautiful-mind.html) 
Popmatters...the magazine of global culture
       
  Nov.
2001
  Rituals (a review of Citizen Baines
(http://popmatters.com/TV/reviews/c/citizen-baines.html) 
Popmatters...the magazine of global culture
 
   
  Oct.
2001
  Twofers (a review of Crossing Jordan & Philly
(http://www.popmatters.com/TV/reviews/c/crossing-jordan.html) 
Popmatters...the magazine of global culture
 
   
  Aug.
2001
  The Doldrums of Mainstream Success (a review of Sex and the City
(http://popmatters.com/TV/reviews/s/sex-and-the-city.html) 
Popmatters...the magazine of global culture
       
  July
2001
  War Game (a review of Tigerland
(http://www.popmatters.com/film/reviews/t/tigerland.html) 
Popmatters...the magazine of global culture
       
  April 2001   Donne and Gone (a review of Wit
(http://popmatters.com/TV/reviews/w/wit.html) 
Popmatters...the magazine of global culture
       
  Dec.
2000
  Bomb Threat (a review of Miss Congeniality
(http://www.popmatters.com/film/reviews/m/miss-congeniality.html) 
Popmatters...the magazine of global culture
       
  Oct. 2000    Nothing But The Truth (a review of Deadline
(http://www.popmatters.com/TV/reviews/d/deadline.html) 
Popmatters...the magazine of global culture
       
  August 2000   Looking Down (a review of Trixie
(http://www.popmatters.com/film/reviews/t/trixie.html) 
Popmatters...the magazine of global culture
       
  July 2000   Claiming a Political Voice (a review of Titanic Town
(http://www.popmatters.com/film/reviews/t/titanic-town.html) 
Popmatters...the magazine of global culture 
       
  May 2000   The Lure of Genre (a review of Nurse Betty
(http://www.popmatters.com/film/reviews/n/nurse-betty2.html) 
Popmatters...the magazine of global culture
       
  April 2000   Mifune (a review of Mifune
(http://popmatters.com/film/reviews/m/mifune.html) 
Popmatters...the magazine of global culture
       
  April 2000   Sticking and Stunning (a review of The Beat
(http://popmatters.com/TV/reviews/b/beat.html) 
Popmatters...the magazine of global culture
       
  March 2000    Reigning Men (a review of The West Wing
(http://Popmatters.com/TV/reviews/w/west-wing.html) 
Popmatters...the magazine of global culture
       
  March 2000   From Television to the Street (a review of Beautiful People
(http://popmatters.com/film/reviews/b/beautiful-people.html
Popmatters...the magazine of global culture 
       
  February 2000   The Denominator of Denial (a review of The Whole Nine Yards
(http://Popmatters.com/film/reviews/w/whole-nine-yards.html) 
Popmatters...the magazine of global culture
       
       
     
Poetry
<books> <reviews> <articles> <broadcast television>
       
  2006
  Remembering Galileo (in press)
Cream City Review
       
  2002   Hypotyposis  (Sequence)
      Leviathan Quarterly 
       
  1998   Opening Gala,  O Daughter and Christina, So To Speak
      Confession, Phoebe
       
  1998   The Side of His Truck Read, "If Only You Knew..."
Runner-up, Bridport International Poetry Competition
       
  1997   Canadian Pacific and Hypotyposis
Mary Roberts Rinehart Award 
       
  1994   The Bodysnatchers
      Winner, Yorkshire Open Poetry Competition
       
  1993   Occupied City
      Runner-up, Bridport International Poetry Competition
       
  1992   The Frost Place, The Knife and Analysis
      Slow Dancer 28
       
  1987   Blizzard Country
New Statesman and Society
       
     
Broadcast Television
<books> <reviews> <articles> <poetry>
       
  2001   U-Street Sounds (scriptwriter)
A short documentary exploring the the creation of
Walter Kravitz's public art installation in the
Washington, DC, Reeves Government Center
       
  1987-1992  
The London Programme (Researcher, then Associate Producer & Producer/Director)
Five to seven single-issue 30- or 45-minute documentaries per year, with a specialization in legal, financial, urban development and medical stories.
       
  1986-7   The Making of Britain (Associate Producer & Script Editor)
A series of twelve half-hour programs investigating the history of Britain during the twentieth century
       
  1985-6   The Making of Britain (Researcher & Script Editor)
A series of twelve half-hour programs investigating the history of Britain during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries
       
  1985   (Researcher)
A series of six, half-hour programs on the legal system in Britain
       
  1984-5   The Making of Britain (Researcher & Script Editor)
A series of twelve half-hour programs investigating the history of early modern Britain
       
  1983-4   The Making of Britain (Researcher & Script Editor)
A series of twelve half-hour programs investigating the history of mediaeval Britain
       
  1983   Divided We Stand (Researcher)
A six-part series on the realignments in British politics in the early 1980s
       
  1982-3   The Making of Britain (Researcher & Script Editor)
A series of twelve half-hour programs investigating the history of Britain from the fall of the Roman Empire to the Norman conquest

 
 


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