Boethius’ Consolation of Philosophy was one of the most widely read and influential texts in medieval Europe. Its influence can be clearly seen in philosophical works as diverse as Thomas Aquinas’...
‘Read as one of the masterpieces by a person not acquainted with our literature, it might easily give an impression that this literature is not immense’. Henry James’s words in his introduction...
We are the kind of people who are always interested in the strongest example of something, the paragon. When we eat Swiss cheese (Emmental), we want our senses to tell us that; we shouldn’t...
The 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded on October 7th to Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for their discovery of microRNAs (miRNAs). This ground-breaking finding transformed our understanding...
In the midst of the Anglo-Irish War, on 21 August 1920, fourteen IRA volunteers attacked a farm owned by the Corscadden family at Carricknahorna in the hills of South Donegal. This was later the family...
LGBTQ+ rights are under attack around the country. In just the first six months of 2024, state legislators introduced 527 bills targeting the LGBTQ+ community. The situation is so dire that the Human...
Volume 6 of The Letters of Ernest Hemingway, spanning June 1934 through June 1936, includes 366 items of correspondence, directed to 116 recipients. In our introductions to the volume, we note that Hemingway’s...
When viewers watched the first presidential debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, they were astonished when the latter candidate made the claim that immigrants in Ohio are eating cats and dogs....
In all stages of psychopathology — the expression, experience, development, outcome, help-seeking and treatment interventions — culture is central. [1] Definitions of culture vary enormously...
John Cleland, best remembered as the author of the erotic novel Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure (1748-49), was a tricksy and entertaining correspondent. His letters, just published by Cambridge University...
This year’s edition of the annual World New Music Days by the International Society for Contemporary Music (ISCM) took place on the Faroe Islands. Alongside the host nation, the opening concert featured...
Months before the United States entered the war, American men, women, and children mobilized to “adopt” France’s orphans. Through a binational humanitarian relief organization known as the Fatherless...