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How do you put 1,000 years of French Literature into one book?

John D. Lyons, editor of The Cambridge Companion to French Literature (2016) explains how best to handle the 1,000 year rich history of French Literature.

John D. Lyons | 12 Jan 2016
Christian Huggel | 11 Jan 2016

Peace in Colombia? Lessons from the failed 1999-2002 talks

In Colombia, the announcement on Tuesday, December 15, 2015 of an agreement on restitution for victims of the FARC-government conflict has made it clear that the ongoing talks have made greater headway...

Tom Long | 7 Jan 2016

Author Interview: Barry Leadbeater

Barry S C Leadbeater, author of The Choanoflagellates: Evolution, Biology and Ecology (2015) tells about his early career and why he chose to write his latest book.

6 Jan 2016

Top 10 most read fifteeneightyfour blog posts of 2015

As 2016 roars in, we take a look back at the most read blog posts of 2015.

Andrew Martin | 5 Jan 2016

Happy Holidays!

We’d like to thank you for reading the fifteeneightyfour blog from Cambridge University Press during 2015. We’ll be back in January 2016, with more great articles, discussions and interviews...

Andrew Martin | 23 Dec 2015

The Media Game and Policy-Making

Éric Montpetit, author of In Defense of Pluralism: Policy Disagreement and its Media Coverage (2016), takes a look at how the media handles political stories.

Éric Montpetit | 22 Dec 2015

Medieval Language and / or Literature

Tim William Machan, editor of Imagining Medieval English - Language Structures and Theories 500-1500 (2016) explores the significance of the phrase 'language and literature'.

Tim William Machan | 21 Dec 2015

Why I Still Like Cyberspace

John Suler, author of Digital Age: Humans Become Electric (2015), explains why he remains a fan of cyberspace.

John Suler | 18 Dec 2015

The Choanoflagellates – Evolution, Biology and Ecology

My interest in choanoflagellates came about by accident. In 1970 I spent a month in Norway attempting to collect coccolithophorids (calcified phytoplankton) which are usually present in coastal waters...

Barry Leadbeater | 17 Dec 2015

The future of the internet

In the final part of our cyberpsychology roundtable discussion, our 4 authors look forward to reveal what they think the future holds for the internet and the impact it will have on our society.

16 Dec 2015

The Hydrological Benefits of Low Oil Prices

Dr Hussein A. Amery, author of Arab Water Security: Threats and Opportunities in the Gulf States (2015) explores the hydrological benefits of low oil prices.

Hussein A. Amery | 15 Dec 2015