Opinion: Christmas is the hardest time of year for those estranged from close family
09 Dec 2015Lucy Blake (Centre for Family Research) discusses family estrangement and the particular difficulties associated with Christmas.
Happy trafficking: how criminals profit from an iniquitous trade
04 Dec 2015The term ‘happy trafficking’ appears deeply contradictory, but new research reveals a shocking dimension of an escalating trade. George Papadimitrakopoulos, Institute of Criminology, offers insights and describes how victims are deceived, manipulated and exploited.
Opinion: Frankenstein or Krampus? What our monsters say about us
04 Dec 2015Natalie Lawrence (Department of History and Philosophy of Science) discusses the history of monsters, and what they say about the people who invent them.
Opinion: Governments should turn to academics for advice on radicalisation, religion and security
03 Dec 2015Tristram Riley-Smith (Department of Politics and International Studies) discusses how universities and academics can add insight and depth to national security decisions.
Opinion: Six amazing dinosaur discoveries that changed the world
30 Nov 2015David Norman (Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences) discusses the fossil discoveries that really made a difference to science.
Opinion: What your musical taste says about your personality
30 Nov 2015David Greenberg (Department of Psychology) discusses how musical preferences are linked to thinking styles.
Opinion: The man with no plot: how I watched Lee Child write a Jack Reacher novel
30 Nov 2015Andy Martin (Department of French) discusses the year he spent sitting behind author Lee Child as he wrote the latest Jack Reacher novel.
Opinion: How tasty forest foods can help solve the global hunger crisis
27 Nov 2015Dr Bhaskar Vira (Department of Geography) is co-editor of the open access book Forests and Food, which will be launched at the Global Landscapes Forum in Paris next month. Writing in The Conversation, Dr Vira explains the importance of the world's forests in protecting global food security.
Opinion: Building Hitler’s supergun: the plot to destroy London and why it failed
23 Nov 2015Hugh Hunt (Department of Engineering) discusses the engineering behind the V-3 “supergun”, the weapon that was meant to win the Second World War for Germany.