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Andrew Gallix—Signs and Mythologies - The Significance of Roland Barthes

4/5 Magazine editor Andrew Gallix reflects on what Barthes meant by 'the death of the author'.

3/5 Design historian Penny Sparke charts the influence Barthes has had on her career.

2/5 Writer Nick James assesses the impact Roland Barthes still has on the way we look at film.

1/5 Cultural historian Andrew Hussey examines Roland Barthes's impact in Europe in the 1960s.

4/5 Clare Walker Gore on what a C19th MP without hands and feet tells us about stereotypes.

5/5 Andrew tells tales of the undead from resonant times of the year.

4/5 Andrew celebrates the tome Phantasms of the Living.

3/5 Andrew considers the contrast between 'solid' Medieval ghosts ephemeral modern sightings.

2/5 Andrew reflects on sightings, with even Google Street View having recorded a ghost.

1/5 Andrew contemplates whether he actually believes in ghosts.