Gillian Clarke. http://gillianclarke.co.uk/home.htm.
European Union
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Dedications | Gillian Clarke | A poem by GC
appeared, titled with the date and dedicated to Paulina Tomasik
and her family, celebrating the entry of ten new countries into the European Union
. |
| Material Conditions of Writing | Ali Smith | The idea of the series originated at New Year 2016 when someone mentioned a projected referendum on Britain's membership of the European Union
. AA asked Simon Prosser
of Hamish Hamilton
to bring a series... |
| politics | Carol Ann Duffy | CAD
is a socialist and a feminist. She nevertheless describes herself as less political than most of her relations (except, perforce, during the Margaret Thatcher
years), as if her energy had gone into poetry instead... |
| politics | Elizabeth Jane Howard | Though highly conservative (she later opposed Britain's entry into the European Union
) Leader, Zachary. The Life of Kingsley Amis. Jonathan Cape, 2006. 637 |
| Reception | Dylan Thomas | Though Thomas's reputation has often been assailed (by the Movement poets, by F. R. Leavis
, by Welsh nationalists), he now rests in Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey; a first edition of Under Milk... |
| Textual Production | Carol Ann Duffy | On the Shore to Shore Nationwide Poetry Tour
in summer 2016 with Gillian Clarke
, Imtiaz Dharker
, and Jackie Kay
, plus other poets who joined in their public readings when the tour stopped... |
| Textual Production | Ali Smith | Published a mere six months after the referendum sealing Britain's departure from the European Union
, Autumn reflects AS
's increasingly complex explorations of art's temporality. In an interview with Eric Karl Anderson
, Smith... |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Luce Irigaray | The first essay in this book begins with a dedication to Renzo Imbeni
, Mayor of Bologna and member of the European Parliament
(with whom LI
had engaged, by invitation, in public debate). She applauds... |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Dervla Murphy | Here as usual DM
uses every possible means for understanding—history, geography, close observation of ordinary individuals and the precise conditions of their lives—in her account of this immensely complex and trouble-ridden region. She is able... |
| Travel | Carol Ann Duffy | In summer 2016 CAD
took part in the Shore to Shore Nationwide Poetry Tour
with Gillian Clarke
, Imtiaz Dharker
, and Jackie Kay
. Starting at Falmouth in Cornwall, they took in Carlisle... |
Timeline
16 April 1948: The Convention for European Economic Co-operation...
National or international item
16 April 1948
The Convention for European Economic Co-operation established the Organisation for European Economic Co-operation
, first germ of the future European Union
.
European Free Trade Association,. EFTA (European Free Trade Association) at a Glance: 40 Years of Free Trade. http://www.efta.int/content/about-efta/history.
January 1958: The European Economic Community or European...
National or international item
January 1958
The European Economic Community
or European Common Market
came into being; it was established by the Six: Belgium, France, the German Federal Republic, Italy, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands.
Cook, Chris, and John, 1946 - Stevenson. The Longman Handbook of Modern British History 1714-1987. 2nd ed., Longman, 1988.
34, 39
Thomson, David, and Geoffrey Warner. England in the Twentieth Century, 1914-1979. 2nd ed., Penguin Books, 1981.
264
1 January 1973: The United Kingdom left the European Free...
National or international item
1 January 1973
The United Kingdom left the European Free Trade Association
(EFTA) and joined the European Economic Community
(EEC, later the European Union
or EU).
European Free Trade Association,. EFTA (European Free Trade Association) at a Glance: 40 Years of Free Trade. http://www.efta.int/content/about-efta/history.
June 1975: Surprisingly, Britain's referendum on joining...
National or international item
June 1975
Surprisingly, Britain's referendum on joining the European Union
resulted in a two-to-one victory for the pro-Europeans.
Johnson, Richard William. “Up the Garden Path”. London Review of Books, 26 Apr. 2007, pp. 26-7.
27
15 January 1992: The European Union's Council of Ministers...
National or international item
15 January 1992
The European Union
's Council of Ministers took the decision to recognise the independence from Yugoslavia of Slovenia and Croatia, which those countries had declared on 25 June.
Murphy, Dervla. Through the Embers of Chaos. J. Murray, 2002.
xvii-xviii
16 September 1992: On what became known as Black Wednesday,...
National or international item
16 September 1992
On what became known as Black Wednesday, the pound sterling was driven out of the Exchange Rate Mechanism
which tied it in with other European currencies: that is particularly the deutschmark.
Davis, Evan. “Lessons learned on ’Black Wednesday’”. BBC News: Business, 15 Sept. 2002.
November 1993: The Treaty of the European Union (commonly...
National or international item
November 1993
The Treaty of the European Union (commonly known as Maastricht, from the place where the treaty was signed on 7 February 1992) finally came into effect, giving judicial legitimacy to the European Union
.
“Maastricht Treaty”. BBC News. In Depth: Euro-glossary, 30 Apr. 2001.
1 May 1997: In the general election Labour, under its...
National or international item
1 May 1997
In the general election Labour
, under its new leader, the young Scotsman Tony Blair
, at last dislodged the Conservative Party
from government.
Schott, Ben. Schott’s Original Miscellany. Bloomsbury, 2002.
102
Gilmour, Ian. “Vote for the Beast!”. London Review of Books, 20 Oct. 2005, pp. 13-14.
13
1 May 2004: The European Union was transformed by the...
National or international item
1 May 2004
The European Union
was transformed by the joining of ten new countries: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Malta, and Cyprus.
Vulliamy, Ed. “In from the cold”. Guardian Unlimited, 11 Apr. 2004.
January 2005: The European Union instituted a market trading...
National or international item
January 2005
The European Union
instituted a market trading in carbon dioxide emissions from large, fixed installations.
MacKenzie, Donald. “The Political Economy of Carbon Trading”. London Review of Books, 5 Apr. 2007, pp. 29-31.
30
1 January 2007: Bulgaria and Romania joined the European...
National or international item
1 January 2007
Bulgaria and Romania joined the European Union
(with the lowest per capita incomes among its membership), bringing it to a total of twenty-seven member states and half a billion citizens.
“Romania and Bulgaria join the EU”. BBC News, 1 Jan. 2007.
20 June to 7 July 2016: British poets Carol Ann Duffy, Gillian Clarke,...
Building item
20 June to 7 July 2016
British poets Carol Ann Duffy
, Gillian Clarke
, Imtiaz Dharker
, and Jackie Kay
, and musician John Sampson
, went on a Shore to Shore Nationwide Poetry Tour
.
Duffy, Carol Ann. “Five poets go on tour: Carol Ann Duffy’s travel diary begins”. theguardian.com, 20 June 2016.
23 June 2016: By a narrow margin (about 52% to 48%) the...
National or international item
23 June 2016
By a narrow margin (about 52% to 48%) the British electorate voted for Brexit: that is, to take Britain out of the European Union
.
“EU referendum: full results and analysis”. theguardian.com, 24 June 2016.
8 June 2017: In a general election called by Britain's...
National or international item
8 June 2017
In a general election called by Britain's second-ever female Prime Minister, Theresa May
, her Conservative
government was returned with a significantly reduced majority, weakening instead of strengthening its hand for the imminent negotiations over...
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