摘要：Academics and the general public have recently had numerous opportunities to read about the work of the cultural theorist, public intellectual, educator and activist Stuart Hall in the mainstream media. In England, a country whose press tends to take an interest in the life and work of intellectuals only in exceptional circumstances, two such sets of circumstances have been responsible for the attention that Hall has received of late. First, John Akomfrah’s film documenting the life and work of Hall, The Stuart Hall Project: Revolution, Politics, Culture and the New Left Experience , gained positive critical reviews as it did the rounds at numerous international film festivals since premiering at Sundance in January, 2013. [1] Second, in February 2014, Hall passed away after a protracted period of illness, at the age of 82. Within barely a year-long window of time, numerous reviews of the film and Hall obituaries were published in several daily newspapers, as well as online, variously reminding those already familiar with Hall of the range and extent of his achievements, while introducing unfamiliar readers to this important intellectual and public figure.
