By Jacqueline Murray, University Professor Emerita, History, University of Guelph
Language that fails to explicitly name women has historically excluded them. And that exclusion is an active, reversible mechanism that’s now resurfacing.
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By Cathy Wilcock, Research Fellow, University of Manchester
The revolution in Sudan in 2019 has been eclipsed by the war between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces, which began in April 2023.
But the events of 2019 demand greater attention as they hold lessons for a post-war Sudan.
Music was central to the protests in 2019. The camp outside military headquarters in Khartoum, where demonstrators gathered…
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By Tinashe Mushakavanhu, Assistant Professor, Harvard University
Every year on 16 June, readers around the world celebrate Bloomsday, the annual commemoration of Irish writer James Joyce’s landmark 1922 novel Ulysses.
The date marks the single day on which the novel unfolds: 16 June 1904, when its protagonist, Leopold Bloom, wanders through the city of Dublin. What began as a literary observance has become a global celebration of reading.
In…
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By Lindsey Earner-Byrne, Professor of Contemporary Irish History, Trinity College Dublin
Janet Greenlees, Associate Professor of Health History, Glasgow Caledonian University
British prime minister Keir Starmer has apologised in the House of Commons for historical forced adoptions in England.
Mothers and adult adoptees directly affected by these practices were present in the gallery. In his apology Starmer praised their courage and resilience in steadfastly campaigning for truth and justice, and described what they faced as “a stain on our history”.
“To all those impacted…
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By Victoria Mapplebeck, Professor in Digital Arts, Royal Holloway, University of London
I wanted to make a film about solo parenting in all its messiness, the highs, but also the lows. I shot with my smartphone, almost daily, for nearly two decades.
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By Sarah Singer, Professor of Refugee Law, School of Advanced Study, University of London
The UK government’s immigration and asylum bill puts forward a number of proposals to overhaul the asylum system. These include changes to how human rights are interpreted, and requiring refugees to pay back some of the support they receive. If passed, it will be the fifth immigration act adopted since 2022.
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood says the aim is to establish “a firm but…
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By Jennifer Mathers, Senior Lecturer in International Politics, Aberystwyth University
Crimea has been the symbol of the success of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. But now the peninsula is becoming isolated as Kyiv intensifies its attacks.
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By Joel Gray, Associate Dean of Learning, Teaching, and Student Success and Lecturer in Media, Art and Communication, Sheffield Hallam University
There are many more female artists in the 2020s than the early 1980s, but none is as iconoclastic as Madonna, more than 40 years on from her debut.
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By Stephanie Brown, Lecturer in Criminology, University of Hull
For the first time in nearly 1,000 years, the Bayeux tapestry is returning to Britain. The 70-metre embroidery will be displayed at the British Museum from September. The tapestry depicts the Norman Conquest of 1066 and the battle of Hastings. In comic-strip form, it tells the story of Harold II and William the Conquerer.
For centuries, the tapestry has been read as the ultimate example of “great-man”…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Capt. Ibrahim Traoré of Burkina Faso (left), Gen. Assimi Goita of Mali (center), and Gen. Abdourahamane Tchiani of Niger attend the second summit on security and development in Bamako, Mali, December 23, 2025. © 2025 Mali Government Information Center via AP Photo Niger on June 18 and Burkina Faso and Mali on June 24 notified the United Nations secretary-general of their respective decisions to withdraw from the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC). The withdrawals take effect in one year.The three military juntas provided similar reasons…
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