By Nick Kotucha, ESRC Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Warwick
The financial crisis of 2008 left deep scars on the British economy. The average UK household is now estimated to be 16% poorer than it would have been had that crisis never occurred.
Given that average annual household income is around £55,200, this suggests each one is losing out to…
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By Ross Cameron, Senior Lecturer, Department of Landscape Architecture, University of Sheffield
When it comes to adapting cities to a rapidly and dramatically changing climate, the garden is on the frontline of the fight. Gardens act as green sinkholes, allowing excess rainwater to escape, as well as helping to cool cities in summer.
Gardens would provide all these (and other) benefits if they were not being concreted over – and research shows this is happening fast. Around 54% of front gardens in the UK are
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By Paul Whiteley, Professor, Department of Government, University of Essex
Polling on public attitudes to climate change show a dip in the numbers who worry about it in many high-income countries, compared with three years ago. This declining public concern will be a worry to those governments looking to push forward with new environmental measures.
High-income countries bear most of the costs of cleaning up the problems associated with climate…
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By Dipa Kamdar, Senior Lecturer in Pharmacy Practice, Kingston University
The social media trend ‘menstrual masking’ claims period blood can rejuvenate skin. Some call it spiritual, others pseudoscience – here’s what research says.
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By Jacqueline Boyd, Senior Lecturer in Animal Science, Nottingham Trent University
I live with several cocker spaniels. They are smart and affectionate, but sometimes air-headed, impulsive and extremely sensitive. It’s common for friends to describe my dogs as “having ADHD” as one of my canine whirlwinds whizz past.
People are increasingly aware of neurodiversity, and diagnoses such as autism and ADHD (attention…
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By Zahera Harb, Director of Journalism Postgraduate Studies, City St George's, University of London
The resignation of the BBC’s director general and CEO of news is only the latest symptom of a deeper malaise in the media , a crisis of trust that runs through broadcasters and newspapers alike.
The leaked BBC file, splashed across the newspapers, may make for eye-catching headlines, but it hardly tells the whole story. To ignore the press’s own credibility problem is, at best, selective outrage.
The truth is that the erosion of trust is not confined to the public broadcaster. It’s a reckoning the…
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By Conor Byrne, PhD candidate, early modern history, University of Southampton
We seem to have an endless appetite for Tudor history. Films, TV shows, documentaries, books and exhibitions about this famous dynasty are produced every year. And more recently, the touring production Six has offered a compelling reimagining of Henry VIII’s wives as a work of musical theatre.
As a historian of the Tudor age, I am perhaps even more interested in these offerings than most. Here are five of my favourite TV shows about the Tudor dynasty.
1. The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1970)
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By Caroline Light, Senior Lecturer on Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality, Harvard University
Twenty years ago, Florida Gov. Jeb Bush signed the first “stand your ground” law, calling it a “good, common-sense, anti-crime issue.”
The law’s creators promised it would protect law-abiding citizens from prosecution if they used force in self-defense. Then-Florida state Rep. Dennis Baxley, who cosponsored the bill, claimed – in the wake of George…
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By Gerry Lanosga, Associate Professor of Journalism, Indiana University
Long before the first shots were fired in the Civil War, beginning early in the 19th century, Americans had been fighting a protracted war of words over slavery.
On one side, Southern planters and slavery apologists portrayed the practice of human bondage as sanctioned by God and beneficial even to…
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By Murat Haner, Assistant Professor, School of Criminology & Criminal Justice, Arizona State University
Justin Pickett, Professor, School of Criminal Justice, University at Albany, State University of New York
Melissa Sloan, Professor, Department of Sociology & Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, University of South Florida
Active white nationalist groups operate in all but two U.S. states. Researchers have found that there’s a strong association between holding white nationalist views and supporting political violence.
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