By Adam J Smith, Associate Professor in 18th-century Literature, York St John University
British writers in the 18th century repeatedly invented fictional characters to intervene in the politics and culture of their day. These usually began as jokes aimed at particular people or issues, but the most successful outlived their original purpose. They accumulated personalities, histories and audiences of their own, becoming trusted voices through which readers could make sense of the world.
We see a continuation of this tradition in Clacton by-election loser Count…
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By Ahmed Elbediwy, Senior Lecturer in Cancer Biology & Clinical Biochemistry, Kingston University
Nadine Wehida, Senior Lecturer in Genetics and Molecular Biology, Kingston University
A viral post by a cancer specialist concedes there is no evidence of thyroid harm, while invoking hormone disruption and lifelong exposure. What does research show?
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By Anna Chatzi, Associate Professor, School of Nursing & Midwifery, University of Limerick
Even skilled nurses can make mistakes when systems are badly designed. Human factors training could help nurses recognise and reduce these risks.
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By Virginie Grzelczyk, Professor in International Relations, Head of Inclusion and Development, Aston University
According to Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, North Korea is preparing to send as many as 50,000 fresh troops to support Russia’s military campaign in Ukraine. While the South Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been unable to verify Zelensky’s claim, it has not fallen on deaf ears in Seoul.
When questioned on August 10, an unnamed foreign-ministry spokesperson stated:
North Korea-Russia military cooperation is a matter directly related to our security and an act that violates…
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By Tom Shipley, Research Fellow, Centre for the Study of Corruption, University of Sussex
Ketakandriana Rafitoson, Contributor, Centre for the Study of Corruption, University of Sussex
The youth-led protests of 2025 were not the first time the Malagasy people created a window of opportunity for change.
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By Maurizio Esposito La Rossa, Associate Professor of Anthropology, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS)
France’s Ministry of Culture handed over three Malagasy skulls to Harea Georges Kamamy, the reigning king (ampagnito) of the Sakalava people in Menabe, a western region of Madagascar, on 26 August 2025. The skulls had been held for more than a century in the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle in Paris.
One was identified as belonging to Toera, the Menabe king killed by French colonial troops in 1897. When handed over, it was placed in his…
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By Alka Kumar, Senior Research Fellow, Global Migration Institute, Toronto Metropolitan University
The Cockroach Janta Party protests are significant not just as a reaction to one judge’s insult, but because the way the movement has organized offers a hopeful model of democratic solidarity.
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By Eugene Lang, Assistant Professor, Public Administration, Queen's University, Ontario
The Canadian Defence Department’s recent announcement that it’s scaling back peacekeeping missions marks the final step in the triumph of one national peacekeeping mythology over another.
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By Gordon McKelvie, Senior Lecturer in History, University of Winchester
The most famous Scottish cannibal was Sawney Bean, a 16th-century man who, with his wife and children, supposedly killed and ate travellers to the Ayrshire coast.
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By John Mulley, Senior Lecturer in Zoology, Bangor University
Continuous glucose monitors are changing diabetes care, but they have limits that matter during the most extreme blood sugar events.
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