The Shift in Health Care
27th January, 2025
With the recent inauguration of Donald Trump as President of the United States, Sander L. Gilman looks at the impact of this and other factors on health care around the world. *** What happens in health care when everything changes on a dime? When a…
On The Assyrians
29th October, 2024
In this blog, author Paul Collins reflects on his new book, The Assyrians: Lost Civilizations. *** Between 900 and 600 BC Assyria came to dominate by military force and administrative efficiency the region reaching from western Iran to Egypt. It was…
On Playgrounds
18th October, 2024
In this blog, author Ben Highmore reflects on his inspiration behind his new book, Playgrounds: The Experimental Years… *** Books often have long gestation periods and sometimes it is hard to remember precisely when an idea or theme first formed. I…
Pity the common cuckoo
9th October, 2024
In this blog, author Cynthia Chris ponders the unfortunate reputation of the humble cuckoo. *** Juvenile common cuckoo with meadow pipit host Walkden Pity the common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus), onto whom humans project some of our most elaborate…
Mango Memories and Culinary Nostalgia in Literature
2nd October, 2024
In this blog, author Constance L. Kirker discusses the culinary nostalgia in literature around mangoes. *** “Happiness is a mango!” writes Indian American author Amulya Malladi in her novel The Mango Season. Within every culture, there are certain fo…
On Hope
28th August, 2024
In this blog, esteemed philosopher Lars Svendsen, discusses hope, and what it means to us all. *** To hope is not just to wait, to see what happens, but to be drawn towards the future. Hope must be linked to an outcome that is neither certain nor imp…
Fashionable Underwear
5th August, 2024
In this blog, author of The Virtues of Underwear, Nina Edwards, discusses the fashionable nature of underwear… *** We all tend to wear underwear: it protects our modesty, it’s practical, usually comfortable and saves on laundry, protecting outer cl…
Letter from Sidney Street
15th May, 2024
When Andrew Whitehead began writing A Devilish Kind of Courage: Anarchists, Aliens and the Siege of Sidney Street, little did he know what he would uncover. Thus began a journey that took over 100 years to complete. Here is the story of Fritz Svaars’…