By Melanie Ramdarshan Bold, Professor of Youth Literature and Culture, University of Glasgow
Aishwarya Subramanian, Associate Professor of English, O.P. Jindal Global University
For many children, Paddington is now primarily the star of three movies and a hit west end musical. However, that is not where the bear in a red hat whose adventures involve high-speed chases and marmalade-based slapstick began.
In writing our book on the bear, we have found that the Paddington British writer Michael Bond created in 1958 is a rather different creature from that…
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By Richard Gregory, Honorary Professor of Genetics, Evolution & Environment, UCL
Summer feeding should be paused because this is a time when natural food sources such as caterpillars, bugs and flies, are much more abundant.
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By Michael A. Lewis, Professor of Operations Management, University of Bristol; University of Bath
Annika Skoglund, Associate Professor, Organisation, Technology & Sustainability, University of Bristol
Around the world, countries are seeking to build greener, more circular economies. Steel is central to that ambition. It is still one of the most widely used materials – but producing it is one of the largest industrial sources of carbon emissions worldwide.
The UK domestic steel industry is the smallest it has been since the 1930s. Production fell to 4 million tonnes…
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By Hannah Rumball-Croft, Lecturer in Cultural Studies and Fashion Design, School of Arts, University of Westminster
Through tweeds and tiaras, hats and gowns, this exhibition charts a life ruled by duty, diplomacy and a strongly defined sense of style.
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By Jonathan Conlin, Professor of Modern History, University of Southampton
Rather than fighting over this or that patch of art history, surely London’s museums can agree that all art is a ‘continuum’?
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By Gerhard Schnyder, Professor of International Management & Political Economy, Loughborough University
A key challenge facing Magyar will be to undo the system Orbán has put in place to exercise control over Hungary.
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By Jody Mason, Associate Professor, Department of English, Carleton University
After the Second World War, Canadian work in global literacy campaigns helped elaborate Canada’s image as benevolent and innocent regarding internal colonialism.
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By Amnesty International
The three-year-long brutal conflict in Sudan between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and their respective allies continues to intensify and to inflict devastating harm on civilians, Amnesty International said today, ahead of the anniversary of the outbreak of the war on 15 April. Each shift of the frontlines has left […] The post Sudan: Three years on, warring parties intensify brutal war on civilians appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Carl Singleton, Senior Lecturer in Economics, University of Stirling
David Butler, Associate Professor and Co-Director of the Centre for Sports Economics and Law, School of Economics, University College Cork
Robert Butler, Director of the Centre for Sports Economics and Law, University College Cork
In the Premier League, the proportion of a match where the ball is in play is at a near-record low.
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By Lamya Elsabban, Doctoral Researcher in Architecture, Design and the Built Environment, Nottingham Trent University
On religious festival mornings, Egyptians gather among tombs in Cairo’s City of the Dead, a four-mile medieval necropolis at the foot of the Mokattam Hills. They’re upholding a longstanding tradition of remembrance and honouring their deceased loved ones. Though you might expect this ceremony to be marked with silence, the necropolis’s narrow alleys are filled with life as inhabitants carry on with their everyday routines.
Dating back to the 7th century, the City…
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