The Tokyo 2021 Olympics will be the first Games to take place with no spectators. The sight of sparsely populated stadiums and arenas has, of course, become common during the pandemic…Read More >
Covid-19
Beckett our Contemporary
We at the Beckett Centre often draw on our spectacular archives of Beckett’s notes and manuscripts to examine the links between his work and the moment in which it was…Read More >
Why politicians should be wary of publicly pursuing the Wuhan lab-leak investigation
The theory that SARS-CoV-2 originally leaked out of a laboratory in Wuhan, China, is making a comeback – so much so that President Joe Biden has publicly ordered the US…Read More >
The MindWalk Challenge and student-staff reflections on wellbeing research in Covid times
“Time seemed to slow down on the walk…” “… I felt like I could breath (sic) a little more.” These are some of the experiences reported by people who have…Read More >
Multiple Sclerosis in a time of Covid
We know that having a neurological illness such as Multiple Sclerosis (MS) makes you more vulnerable to poor mental health. So, what happens when a global pandemic hits and reshapes…Read More >
Spring Online Alumni Lecture Series: COVID – Stories from the Frontline – Culture Shock: How COVID has changed the arts
COVID-19 has caused havoc and upheaval in ways no-one could have foreseen. In our spring online Alumni Lecture Series, we welcome University of Reading graduates from diverse backgrounds and industries…Read More >
Trips waiver: there’s more to the story than vaccine patents
The US has announced its limited support for the “Trips waiver”, a proposal to suspend intellectual property protections for products and technologies needed for the fight against COVID-19, including vaccines,…Read More >
Why we can still recognise people in face masks
The average person knows about 5,000 faces – from family and friends to the cashier at the local store. Most people can recognise familiar faces with ease, even from low…Read More >
Online panel: Translation outreach in schools and the move online
This online panel event is free and open to all. Please register your interest to receive a personal invitation: https://bit.ly/3wzSYGK The Centre for Book Cultures and Publishing and Centre for Literacy and Multilingualism at…Read More >
India COVID crisis: four reasons it will derail the world economy
The second wave of the pandemic has struck India with a devastating impact. With over 300,000 new cases and 3,000 deaths across the country each day at present, the total…Read More >
