by guestblogger | Nov 6, 2014 | Events
By Dr Michael Rowe The Berlin Wall fell on 9 November 1989. The event, which has come to symbolise the end of the Cold War, came about when an East German government spokesman miscalculated, and erroneously announced the previously sealed border open. Crowds of...
by guestblogger | Oct 21, 2014 | Being Human festival
By Professor Conor Gearty, FBA In this special guest blog for Being Human, Conor Gearty, professor of Law at the London School of Economics and Fellow of the British Academy, looks back on inspirations drawn from a career studying law. Touching on some of the law...
by guestblogger | Oct 16, 2014 | Events
By James Hodkinson So where in the world is German? This deliberately wide-ranging question is not merely a geographical one: recognizing the undisputed political and economic importance of the German speaking nations, it also asks about the status of the language...
by guestblogger | Oct 14, 2014 | Being Human festival
In this blog, Dr Sara Pennell of the University of Roehampton explores the links between taste and memory, and how humans build memories around food. During the Being Human festival Dr Pennell is taking part in Memory Banquet, a series of events about food and memory...
by guestblogger | Sep 25, 2014 | Features
By Sir Ronald Sanders The winner of Scotland’s agonising referendum on 18 September was undoubtedly and impressively, democracy. The leaders and members of the Scottish Nationalist Party (SNP) set an example to nationalists in Northern Ireland and the rest of the...
