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Celebrating class and social mobility at the University of Reading

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12 June 202519 June 2025

Novelist Ethel Carnie Holdsworth | Credit: Helen Brown The second Thursday of June is Social Mobility awareness day and I was delighted to be part of the Department for Education’s...Read More >

UK film and TV boom hides a crisis that threatens the whole industry – new report

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21 May 202521 May 2025

Judging by the recent success of UK productions like Adolescence and Baby Reindeer, you might assume that the UK film and television industry is flourishing. And indeed, spending on production...Read More >

Tove Jansson’s Moomin books explore the power of adventure and transformation

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29 April 202530 April 2025

This year marks the 80th anniversary of the first Moomin tale, The Moomins and the Great Flood. In the book, Moomintroll and his friends embark on a journey to find...Read More >

Melsonby hoard: iron-age Yorkshire discovery reveals ancient Britons’ connections with Europe

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2 April 20251 April 2025

The Melsonby hoard is a remarkable collection of more than 800 iron-age metal artefacts, which was found in a field near Melsonby, North Yorkshire, in December 2021. Its discovery represents...Read More >

Monsters and myths inspire young audiences

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27 August 202413 August 2024

Emma Aston (Classics) and Andrew Mangham (English Literature) won the 2024 Research Award in the category Public Engagement for Research for their months-long exhibition which was co-curated by Reading Museum....Read More >

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