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London Lives Revealed: Charlotte Walker

Throughout the week we will feature a ‘life in a day’, beginning with Charlotte Walker, a recidivist pickpocket who was rarely punished Charlotte Walker, c. 1754-1806 Charlotte Walker was...

1 Feb 2016

Sorted, Polarized and Gridlocked in 2016

James Thurber, co-author of American Gridlock: The Sources, Character, and Impact of Political Polarization (2016), examines the future of polarization and governing in the face of the 2016 US election.

James Thurber | 28 Jan 2016

Desires, Fears, Sex and Society

Ron Vannelli, author of The Evolution of Human Sociability: Desires, Fears, Sex and Society (2015), examines the origins of human behaviour.

Ron Vannelli | 25 Jan 2016

Incredible Cartoonists: Sindhoor Tilak on the Map of India

Ritu Gairola Khanduri, author of Caricaturing Culture in India (2014), explores the power of cartoons, and the legacy of R. K. Laxman.

Ritu Gairola Khanduri | 24 Jan 2016

Protecting our banks from the next financial crisis

As a result of the recent financial crisis, a number of measures have been undertaken to make a repeat less likely and to facilitate recovery and resolution of failing banks should a (systemic) financial...

Johan A. Lybeck | 22 Jan 2016

The Straw Man of Digital Dualism

John Suler, author of Psychology of the Digital Age: Humans Become Electric (2016), examines what is meant by 'Digital Dualism'.

John Suler | 21 Jan 2016

The Times of R. K. Laxman: Acche Din (Good Days)

Ritu Gairola Khanduri, author of Caricaturing Culture in India (2014), examines the work of R. K. Laxman in the first of three posts.

Ritu Gairola Khanduri | 20 Jan 2016

Into The Intro: Toward a New Shakespeare Biography

We delve Into The Intro of author James Shapiro's chapter Toward A New Shakespeare Biography from Shakespeare Survey 58 (2005), to examine the challenges of writing the Bard's biography.

19 Jan 2016

How will history record the actions and claims of contemporary political parties?

How will history record the actions and claims of contemporary political parties? One of those parties might eventually be described as: “The movement that arose in response to an influx of migrants,...

Howard Wainer | 18 Jan 2016

What is Jewish music?

Joshua S. Walden, editor of The Cambridge Companion to Jewish Music (2016), explains what is meant by 'Jewish music'.

Joshua S. Walden | 15 Jan 2016