By James Sunderland, Research Fellow, The Woolf Institute, University of Cambridge
Ra'am and the Joint List are predicted to win as many as 15 seats in parliament, providing the opposition with an opportunity to unseat Netanyahu.
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By Louis Bayman, Associate Professor in Department of Film Studies, University of Southampton
Every autumn, the British Film Institute celebrates the best in cinema with a ten-day festival in London and across the UK. This year showcased a slate of compelling films – some of which are exceptional and look certain to garner industry accolades in the coming year.
The big stand-out is Elsinore, which was presented in the opening gala screening. Directed by Simon Stone, the film is likely to be Britain’s main Oscars…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image A dog and a woman with a disability outside the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation in Mexico City, Mexico, March 24, 2026. © 2026 Gerardo Vieyra/NurPhoto via AP Photo (Mexico City) – Mexico’s Senate should amend legislation approved by the Chamber of Deputies on October 20, 2026, to ensure that people with disabilities can appoint supporters to make legal decisions by April 1, 2027, as originally planned, Human Rights Watch said today. The current legislation would postpone the deadline for implementing the National Code of Civil and Family Procedures,…
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By Jan Machielsen, Reader in Early Modern History, History, Archaeology and Religion, Cardiff University
At the height of America’s ‘red scare’ witch-hunts, Miller, whose play makes a martyr hero of the husband, was having an affair with Marilyn Monroe.
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By Chris Stringer, Honorary Professor, Institute of Archaeology, UCL; Natural History Museum
Most of what we knew about early modern humans has been turned upside down in the past two decades – and many more questions remain.
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By Huw Macartney, Associate professor in Political Economy, University of Birmingham
On April 29, 2026, the remaining hereditary peers left the House of Lords. These 92 individuals were the last vestiges of an era in which the landed aristocracy dominated the UK’s second chamber. In the recent past, as many as 800 aristocrats filled the red benches. Now though, a new financial elite appears to have taken their place.
Gradually, the dominance of the aristocrats gave way to a more meritocratic order of life peers. In 1999, Tony Blair’s government removed most…
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By Ronan Lordan, Postdoctoral Researcher in Circadian Biology, FutureNeuro Research Ireland Center & School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences
An extra hour in bed sounds like a good deal. But while our phones may update to the autumn time change automatically, our body clock isn’t quite so quick. You may even find yourself waking up earlier than normal and ready for bed before your evening has properly begun.
The reason for this partly lies in our circadian system: the roughly 24-hour internal timing system that helps organise tiredness and alertness. Changing the time on a clock does not instantly reset that system.
But there are some things you can do to support your body…
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By Monika Brusenbauch Meislová, Visiting Professor, School of Law and Social Sciences, Aston University
Andy Burnham has reopened a debate that successive UK prime ministers tried to settle. But the history of Brexit suggests that getting closer to the European Union may prove just as difficult as leaving it.
For years, prime ministers have attempted to put Brexit behind them. Burnham has just done the opposite. By suggesting that Britain could “go all the way” and rejoin…
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By Louise Gentle, Principal Lecturer in Wildlife Conservation, Nottingham Trent University
In the northern hemisphere, days are getting shorter and temperatures are dropping – autumn has arrived. A common sign that winter is coming is trees losing their leaves. But, did you know that autumn also sparks changes in animals’ sexual behaviour – including ours?
For example, humans actually have a breeding season. The hormone testosterone surges in autumn, particularly in males, linked to a decrease in daylight and increased social activity indoors. This leads to more…
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By Caterina Nirta, Associate Professor in Critical Theory, Royal Holloway, University of London
Provocation became a currency for profitability, but what did this rebellion actually change – who benefited and who remained excluded?
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