“Beard’s account, rather than fortifying a simplistic, even at times misogynist association of women with shoes, actually helps to deconstruct and de-mystify shoes as symbols of oppression.”

A review of the exhibition process. Exhibiting research for the ESRC-funded If the Shoe Fits research project at ICOSS, University of Sheffield, 5th December 2011 – 3rd January 2012

Riello, Giorgio & McNeil, Peter (eds), 2011, Shoes: A History from Sandals to Sneakers, London: Berg

After a short stint in the West End during the latter part of 2010, the Sadler’s Wells production of Shoes, the musical, has returned to the Peacock Theatre until April this year.