Women firsts in Cabinet, a long view
Labour have won a historic landslide in the 2024 general election, but it is also a historic moment for women in parliament as Rachel Reeves becomes the first female Chancellor...Read More >
Heritage & Creativity
Aphrodite signified more than beauty – five other realms in which the Greek goddess also reigned
For the ancient Greeks, Aphrodite was about so much more than love and beauty. In an overarching way, she was the goddess of consensus, as in any interaction between consenting...Read More >
Transforming cultures for public engagement
The annual conference of the National Coordinating Centre for Public Engagement (NCCPE) is a celebration of engagement practice in all its forms. Teresa Murjas attended this year’s event and reflects...Read More >
Being Humanities: an event to launch Reading’s School of Humanities
What good are the humanities on a burning planet? What use is a poem about flowers when the world’s biodiversity faces cataclysm caused by climate change? What is the point...Read More >
Pirates and politicians: what a 300-year-old book about the most notorious buccaneers reveals about British politics
Three hundred years ago, A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the Most Notorious Pyrates by Captain Charles Johnson first hit the shelves of London’s booksellers. The book...Read More >
How Neanderthal language differed from modern human – they probably didn’t use metaphors
The Neanderthals (Homo neanderthalensis) fascinate researchers and the general public alike. They remain central to debates about the nature of the genus Homo (the broad biological classification that humans and their relatives...Read More >
Making Fields: Women in Publishing
The Edinburgh Companion to Women in Publishing, 1900-2020 highlights the long history of women’s work as editors and publishers, designers, booksellers, type drawers, illustrators, agents, and more. With thirty-three deeply-researched…Read More >
Poems for World Poetry Day
Poems for World Poetry Day Presented by Peter Robinson Having spent most of my life studying literature and attempting to write and publish poetry, I feel especially fortunate to find…Read More >
What a new plan to save the UK’s churches says about their purpose in society
The National Churches Trust has launched a campaign to save the UK’s historic churches. Backed by the actor Michael Palin, it highlights the need for a national approach to address what the trust has…Read More >
