What can political and business leaders learn from the mess that is Brexit? Listen to people, spend time with customers, don’t make assumptions and be as transparent as possible say…Read More >
Human agency: are we really in control of what we do?
Are our actions truly under our control? Or are they actually the result of hidden forces that shape our decisions? Professor Emma Borg explores the philosophy of human agency ahead…Read More >
Royal death and burial: Reading Abbey in context
How did medieval people deal with a king’s body when he died far from his intended final resting place (boiling or embalming?) What part did women play in commemoration? And…Read More >
Before Idai
A day before Cyclone Idai hit the coast of Mozambique last month, humanitarian aid – clean water, blankets, emergency shelter – had already been put in place. Dr Liz Stephens…Read More >
‘I, Sheep’: a woolly perspective on the world
What can we discover from putting a GoPro on a sheep? Teresa Murjas and James Rattee tell us about their unusual animal-led film and poetry project (camera work: Jess the…Read More >
Meghan Markle: reports of her ‘British accent’ sound like journalistic licence, say linguistics experts
Is Meghan Markle’s accent becoming more British? Not yet, according to Reading English Professor Jane Setter and colleagues Adrian Leeman and Sam Kirkham from the University of Lancaster, in a…Read More >
THE LONG READ: From social media’s role in the Arab Spring to New Generation Thinker – Q&A with Dr Dina Rezk
Dr Dina Rezk’s research looks at contemporary history of the Middle East, including the Arab Spring, and has fed into policy briefings to the UK and US governments. She was…Read More >
Gerard Unger: a life in letterforms
The late Gerard Unger was a renowned Reading typographer who designed typefaces that are used all over the world – from our very own University logo to the pages of…Read More >