When the Covid-19 pandemic started, few had heard of lateral flow tests or imagined they would become part of everyday life. An initial scale-up of centralised mass-testing was followed by…Read More >
Heritage & Creativity
Ethel Carnie Holdsworth: working-class writer, social activist and environmentalist
On International Women’s Day 2023, Jenny Harper celebrates the achievements of working-class writer and social activist Ethel Carnie Holdsworth (1886–1962) and considers the ways in which her early twentieth-century nature…Read More >
Bookshops: a World Book Day appreciation
On this World Book Day, I am reflecting on how my love of bookshops has informed my recent research. I am originally from the US and I worked in all…Read More >
Deep Fake Neighbour Wars: ITV’s comedy shows how AI can transform popular culture
ITVX’s Deep Fake Neighbour Wars is the breakthrough in television’s use of artificial intelligence that experts in the cultural use of deepfakes like myself have been waiting for. In this six-part series,…Read More >
Love stories are for everyone – the Rainbow Chapter of the Romantic Novelists’ Association
Since 1960, the Romantic Novelists’ Association (RNA) has been the UK’s only professional organisation for writers of relationship-based commercial fiction. Originally set up to challenge prejudices against romantic fiction, now…Read More >
Showcasing the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Programme
The Undergraduate Research Opportunities Programme (UROP) offers students at the University of Reading the chance to gain hands-on research experience across all disciplines. Every November, UROP holds a showcase event…Read More >
Celebrating National Storytelling Week with mathematical stories
This year, National Storytelling Week takes place between Monday 30 January and Sunday 5 February. To celebrate this special event at homes and schools throughout the country, why not get…Read More >
On Holocaust Memorial Day
The theme of this year’s annual Holocaust Memorial Day on 27 January 2023 is “ordinary people”. Historically, this might apply to “ordinary” German people who voted for Adolf Hitler and…Read More >
How workplace wellness initiatives conflict with real wellbeing – and how art challenges this
Workplace wellbeing programmes have increasingly become a central part of work and organisational life within a neoliberal economy, offering solutions to stressful working environments and the challenge of maintaining good…Read More >
