Ahead of the annual Dickensian Christmas Festival 2016, Professor Carolyn Oulton, Director of the International Centre for Victorian Women Writers (ICVWW) discusses Dickens’s Kent roots.
Have a Hygge Christmas
Dr Jane Lovell, Senior Lecturer in Tourism and Events, explores this year’s Danish trend, Hygge, the concept of cosiness and living well, taking the UK by storm. 2016 has been the […]
Trans-Remembrance, Equality and Higher Education
Professor Bee Scherer, Director of the Intersectional Centre for Inclusion and Social Justice (INCISE), explores Trans-Remembrance, Equality and Higher Education following the Transgender Day of Remembrance. On 20 November, like […]
Arts, culture and poetry to the rescue
Dr Ken Fox, Principal Lecturer for School of Media, Art and Design, explains why the arts and creative industries are still so important for modern society.
Is Lady Audley guilty – you decide?
Professor Carolyn Oulton, Director of the International Centre for Victorian Women Writers (ICVWW) explores the novel, Lady Audley’s Secret, complementing the Centre’s events taking place as part of the Being Human festival.
Leonard Cohen’s Jewish farewell
Dr Maria Diemling, Reader in Jewish-Christian Relations in the School of Humanities, looks at the influence of Leonard Cohen’s Jewish background on his final album.
What now for America?
Academics from our Politics and International Relations programme offer their initial thoughts on Donald Trump winning the 2016 US Presidential election.
The election of Donald Trump and our wishful Utopias
On the 500th anniversary of Thomas More’s Utopia, Dr David Hitchcock considers his vision of a perfect society compared to US President-elect Trump’s ideal version of a Utopian society.
It’s time to decide our children’s futures
Dr Catherine Meehan, Faculty Director of Early Childhood, discusses the findings of Save the Children’s report on the risks of nursery teacher shortage on child development