Thanks to the labours of generations of geologists, geographers, archaeologists, anthropologists and historians, we know a great deal about the physical making and cultural representation of landscape. Ironically, however, our…Read More >
Heritage & Creativity
Five bizarre historic leisure activities to try with friends – from gurning to stereoscopy
Leisure activities flourished in 19th-century Britain, as legislation was passed limiting the length of the working day and working week, giving people more free time. If you’re struggling to know how to…Read More >
Lúcia Nagib elected Fellow of the British Academy
Lúcia Nagib, Professor in Film in the Department of Film, Theatre & Television (FTT), University of Reading, and Honorary Professor at the University of Nottingham in Ningbo, China, has just…Read More >
Ian Rutherford elected Fellow of the British Academy
Ian Rutherford, Professor of Classics at Reading, has been elected a fellow of the British Academy, the most prestigious body of humanities scholars in the UK. The British Academy is…Read More >
Actors are really worried about the use of AI by movie studios – they may have a point
Film and television actors in the US came out on strike on July 14, causing Hollywood productions to shut down. The action has also had an impact on US films shooting in…Read More >
How do we talk about our beliefs? Investigating the term ‘justify’ using corpus analysis
Philosophy often starts from claims so obvious that you wouldn’t think to state them. An example: it is a crucial part of our lives that we hold beliefs about the…Read More >
Selecting my top children’s books for the BBC ‘One Hundred Top Children’s Books’ list
BBC Culture emailed me in early March 2023 to ask me to participate in a poll they were holding among experts on children’s literature worldwide in order to compose a…Read More >
The life and work of Zoologist Nellie B. Eales
In this blog for Women’s History Month, Claire Clough, University Museums and Special Collections Services Librarian, shares her research on the life and work of Nellie B. Eales (1889–1989). Eales…Read More >
‘Piety, Sobriety and Variety’: the first three female MPs to arrive at Westminster
Much has been written about Constance Markievicz, the first woman elected to parliament at the general election 1918 and Nancy Astor, the first woman to take her seat in parliament…Read More >
