by admin | Oct 9, 2014 | Features
By Dee Burn Early on a beautiful bright day at the end of August, I headed to Falmouth with my mum and my husband to witness one of the most awe-inspiring sights in the modern sailing world: the Tall Ships Regatta. This opportunity was pure serendipity. I was...
by Talking Humanities | Oct 2, 2014 | Features, Republished
Radical left parties, Syriza in Greece and Podemos in Spain, did well in the recent European elections. But how far can they go? And what are the lessons for the UK? Republished from From time to time members of the School of Advanced Study publish...
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...
by Talking Humanities | Sep 16, 2014 | Being Human festival, Features
Scotland votes on independence from the UK on 18 September. In this guest blog Professor Jolyon Mitchell, Academic Director of the Institute for Advanced Studies in Humanities (IASH) at the University of Edinburgh, discusses the culture and rhetoric of fear...
by guestblogger | Sep 11, 2014 | Features
By Professor James Mitchell (University of Edinburgh) ‘The Anglo-Scottish union was the ‘most conservative of revolutionary measures. To put the matter shortly, it repealed every law or custom of England or of Scotland inconsistent with the political unity of...
by guestblogger | Aug 4, 2014 | Features
The events of July and August 1914 unfolded in a certain way, but underlying security interests and political attitudes determined the decisions Britain would make. By Professor William Philpott Already aligned with one of the alliances that would go to war in 1914,...
