‘Forgotten’ award-winning author Jean Rhys to be remembered and celebrated at public event
The life and work of writer Jean Rhys, author of the renowned postcolonial novel Wide Sargasso Sea, is to be...
Arts & Culture
Olympics not likely to swallow up skateboarding’s subversive nature into its corporate spectacle, study says
The subversive nature of skateboarding is not likely to be affected by its continuing place in the corporate world of...
Acclaimed new book turns modern economic history on its head
The leading advocates of free trade during the mid-19th-20th centuries were inspired by left-wing, anti-imperialist, feminist and pacifist motivations, according...
Report warns that performing arts under threat from future global shocks unless lessons are learned from pandemic
Live performing arts are facing an existential threat from a range of potential global shocks unless there is significant and...
Historian publishes shocking new book on the rise and fall of the Ku Klux Klan
A powerful new history book that seeks to demystify the notorious Ku Klux Klan has been published by an expert...
Tudor era horse cemetery in Westminster revealed as likely resting place for elite imported animals
Archaeological analysis of a near unique animal cemetery discovered in London nearly 30 years ago has revealed the international scale...
Truth and reconciliation: New study finds people less likely to acknowledge war crimes on social media
Social media could prove to be as much a barrier to post-conflict reconciliation as it is a way of helping...
Major new project will support preservation of endangered Iraqi musical heritage for future generations
Centuries old Iraqi musical heritage - on the brink of extinction due to political unrest and assaults by ISIS -...
Quantum computing will radically alter the application of copyright law, study says
Quantum computing will radically transform the application of the law – challenging long-held notions of copyright, a new study says....