Should we take our leaders as seriously as they take themselves? Political leaders invest time and energy in cultivating their public...
Banned Books and Freedom of Expression The right to free expression is severely threatened in many...
What is Happening to Christianity? Insights from Africa Christianity’s centre of gravity has shifted to the Global South. What do these changes mean for our understanding of the world’s largest religion?
Is the First Amendment the Greatest Right of All? This lecture discusses a hierarchy of rights. Is the First...
Stravinsky, Britten and the Lure of the Classical Past Professor Cross examines the themes of metamorphosis and other classical...
Unwritten Laws? Legacies from Antigone and Lycurgus Sophocles’ Antigone refers to “unwritten laws”, as does Thucydides’ Pericles...
The Communist Party of Great Britain and Middle Class Recruits Professor Morgan, of the University of Manchester, examines the wider...
Green Immunity – How Do Plants Fight Infection? Most of us rarely think about plant immunity. But, like...
More Means Better: Fifty years of Higher Education Kingsley Amis famously argued that, in higher education, "More Means...