By Bobbi Sutherland, Associate Professor, Department of HIstory, University of Dayton
The Middle Ages weren’t as dreary and desperate as you’d think, and peasants often had weeks of idle time during the holidays. On Christmas Day, the party was just getting started.
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By Adrian Kuenzler, Scholar-in-Residence, University of Denver; University of Hong Kong
Even when information is factually accurate, how it’s presented can introduce subtle biases. As large language models increasingly bring people the news, this bias is a looming problem.
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By Carl Kurlander, Senior Lecturer, Film and Media Studies, University of Pittsburgh
Polio may finally be defeated in the next 5 years. Will the world recognize what an extraordinary achievement that is?
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By Paul Whiteley, Professor, Department of Government, University of Essex
In the year and a half since Labour won a landslide in the 2024 general election, over 400 polls have been published. Combined, these polls tell a story of a government and its traditional opposition party losing support and fringe parties gaining ground. The big question this poses is whether Reform can win the next general election.
When these polls are combined into weekly averages since the general election, they show that Labour and Reform have averaged 25% in vote intentions over this period. The Conservatives…
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By Eamon McCrory, Professor of Developmental Neuroscience and Psychopathology, UCL
Ritika Chokhani, PhD Candidate in Mental Health Science, UCL
Between 2014 and 2024, the proportion of people aged 16–24 in England experiencing mental health issues rose from 19% to 26%.
This means over 1.6 million young people – enough to fill Wembley Stadium…
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By Sara Read, Lecturer in English, Loughborough University
In the 17th century, patches were used to conceal blemishes like the scars left by diseases like smallpox or even syphilis.
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By Sayed Elhoushy, Senior Lecturer in Marketing, Queen Mary University of London
Across the UK and Europe, campaign groups are pushing for limits on fossil-fuel ads in public spaces. But even counter-climate ads can trigger fatigue.
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By Yang Ding, Lecturer in Marketing, University of Reading
Xuchang Chen, Lecturer in International Business and Strategy, Henley Business School, University of Reading
Every December, many shoppers plan to buy fewer things and choose more sustainable options. Yet as the month goes on, spending rises and fast fashion becomes hard to resist. Christmas has become a moment when good intentions collide with discounts and the emotional pull of seasonal fashion.
That contradiction became unusually visible when fashion giant Shein opened its first permanent…
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By Sophie King-Hill, Associate Professor at the Health Services Management Centre, University of Birmingham
As the UK government launches its violence against women and girls strategy, the situation it is seeking to remedy makes for hard reading.
One in eight women in England and Wales experienced sexual assault, domestic abuse or stalking…
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By Amnesty International
In eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), across a vast swathe of mountainous terrain, a conflict is raging that the world has forgotten. The Allied Democratic Forces, an Islamic State-linked armed group commonly called the ADF, are abducting and killing civilians with alarming frequency, and abusing women and girls as sexual slaves in North […] The post “Tell everyone we are being massacred”: overlooked war crimes in the Democratic Republic of the Congo appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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