Books by Simon Martin

Institutionalized as a fascist game in Mussolini's Italy, football was exploited domestically in an attempt to develop a sense of Italian identity and internationally as a diplomatic tool to improve Italy's standing in the global arena.

Drawing on the expertise of the Arthur Rank Centre, this title explores the various key aspects and challenges of leading a rural church. It includes links to the ARC's training programmes, web-based resources and publications.

Edward Burra (1905-76) was an English painter who is best known for his paintings of the seedy underworld of urban life. Yet, as this fascinating new monograph on his work reveals, his interests were much broader, incorporating landscape and still-life paintings, stage designs, book illustration and watercolours.