title: Rare Birds: Memorable women characters in spy thriller fiction, 1888-2000

authors: Bydder, Jillene

subjects: characters

abstract: Women characters in spy thrillers may be essential to the action, like Vesper in Ian Fleming’s Casino Royale, and they can be a pleasure to meet, like E. Phillips Oppenheim’s delightful Miss Edith Brown in Miss Brown of X.Y.O. They also shed light on the changing image and role of women in society. The paper looks at women characters in spy thrillers in general, and at seven women in more depth. They are Lena, in Henry Seton Merriman’s Young Mistley (1888), Miss Brown, in E. Phillips Oppenheim’s Miss Brown of X.Y.O. (1927), Stella and Ninon, in Michael Annesley’s Room 14 (1935), Vesper, in Ian Fleming’s Casino Royale (1953), Elizabeth, in Anthony Price’s The Old Vengeful (1982) and Inna, in John Trenhaile’s Nocturne for the General (1985). The conclusion discusses what makes these women different.

text: Rare Birds: Memorable women characters in spy thriller fiction, 1888-2000 Women characters in spy thrillers may be essential to the action, like Vesper in Ian Fleming’s Casino Royale, and they can be a pleasure to meet, like E. Phillips Oppenheim’s delightful Miss Edith Brown in Miss Brown of X.Y.O. They also shed light on the changing image and role of women in society. The paper looks at women characters in spy thrillers in general, and at seven women in more depth. They are Lena, in Henry Seton Merriman’s Young Mistley (1888), Miss Brown, in E. Phillips Oppenheim’s Miss Brown of X.Y.O. (1927), Stella and Ninon, in Michael Annesley’s Room 14 (1935), Vesper, in Ian Fleming’s Casino Royale (1953), Elizabeth, in Anthony Price’s The Old Vengeful (1982) and Inna, in John Trenhaile’s Nocturne for the General (1985). The conclusion discusses what makes these women different.

year: 2018

title: To the centre of the earth?

authors: Barton, Barry

abstract: How far do the rights of a land owner extend upwards and downwards? The simple answer is expressed by the Latin maxim cuius est solum eius est usque ad coelum et ad inferos: to whom belongs the surface it belongs also all the way up to the sky and down to the depths. While this is familiar and conventional, there has been uncertainty about its application deep below the surface. Evolving technology makes this uncertainty more significant. A case of directional drilling, from the small British onshore oil industry (from Oxted, just south of London) has allowed the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom to clarify the vitality of the principle: Star Energy Weald Basin Ltd v Bocardo SA [2010] UKSC 35, 28 July 2010.

text: To the centre of the earth? How far do the rights of a land owner extend upwards and downwards? The simple answer is expressed by the Latin maxim cuius est solum eius est usque ad coelum et ad inferos: to whom belongs the surface it belongs also all the way up to the sky and down to the depths. While this is familiar and conventional, there has been uncertainty about its application deep below the surface. Evolving technology makes this uncertainty more significant. A case of directional drilling, from the small British onshore oil industry (from Oxted, just south of London) has allowed the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom to clarify the vitality of the principle: Star Energy Weald Basin Ltd v Bocardo SA [2010] UKSC 35, 28 July 2010.

year: 2010

title: The relationship between Māori cultural identity loss & rangatahi Māori suicide

authors: Graham, Shaquille

subjects: Māori

abstract: This research explores the relationship between Māori cultural identity loss and rangatahi Māori suicide in Aotearoa. The McLachlan et al. (in press) Whiti Te Rā model of cultural identity was employed to frame the investigation with specific analysis into the six critical cultural ara of Whakapapa, Reo Māori, Taiao, Mahi-a-toi, Take pū whānau and Wairuatanga. A Kaupapa Māori research approach was utilised for cultural applicability and the promotion of Tino Rangatiratanga. Qualitative methodology guided data collection and analysis. Data collection involved (i) literature reviews and (ii) interviews with whānau members of rangatahi lost to suicide, seeking to understand the āhuatanga of the six cultural ara within the case studies (n=5). Interviews were governed by a semi-structured technique that looked to understand (i) the factors influencing the strength or weakness of each cultural ara; (ii) the state of health within each cultural ara; (iii) and identify causal relationships between cultural ara and wellbeing outcome. Reflexive thematic analysis showed that geographical location, generational knowledge transmission, and individual and whānau engagement were the global themes influencing either the diminishing or strengthening of cultural identity. Ngā Ara Wairua and Take pū whānau were also portrayed as the most compromised. The research suggests that optimal access to the three global themes potentiates rangatahi Māori to cultural flourishing and Mauri Ora; proposed as the most significant deterrent for suicidality. Contrastingly, suboptimal access to the three global themes is proposed as diminishing cultural ara as expressed in a state of Mauri Moe, where rangatahi Māori wellbeing is most vulnerable, and where suicidality has the greatest potentiation.

text: The relationship between Māori cultural identity loss & rangatahi Māori suicide This research explores the relationship between Māori cultural identity loss and rangatahi Māori suicide in Aotearoa. The McLachlan et al. (in press) Whiti Te Rā model of cultural identity was employed to frame the investigation with specific analysis into the six critical cultural ara of Whakapapa, Reo Māori, Taiao, Mahi-a-toi, Take pū whānau and Wairuatanga. A Kaupapa Māori research approach was utilised for cultural applicability and the promotion of Tino Rangatiratanga. Qualitative methodology guided data collection and analysis. Data collection involved (i) literature reviews and (ii) interviews with whānau members of rangatahi lost to suicide, seeking to understand the āhuatanga of the six cultural ara within the case studies (n=5). Interviews were governed by a semi-structured technique that looked to understand (i) the factors influencing the strength or weakness of each cultural ara; (ii) the state of health within each cultural ara; (iii) and identify causal relationships between cultural ara and wellbeing outcome. Reflexive thematic analysis showed that geographical location, generational knowledge transmission, and individual and whānau engagement were the global themes influencing either the diminishing or strengthening of cultural identity. Ngā Ara Wairua and Take pū whānau were also portrayed as the most compromised. The research suggests that optimal access to the three global themes potentiates rangatahi Māori to cultural flourishing and Mauri Ora; proposed as the most significant deterrent for suicidality. Contrastingly, suboptimal access to the three global themes is proposed as diminishing cultural ara as expressed in a state of Mauri Moe, where rangatahi Māori wellbeing is most vulnerable, and where suicidality has the greatest potentiation.

year: 2021