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Traveling with Hemingway

We know you’ve been waiting for it…Volume 3 of The Letters of Ernest Hemingway is almost here! From meeting publishers in New York to sportfishing in Cuba to watching Pamplona’s Running...

7 Oct 2015

Why Write about Colour?

My forthcoming book on Colours and Colour Vision concerns many different aspects of this subject matter: how colours arise, how one might see and experience them, and how they have been used and talked...

Daniel Kernell | 6 Oct 2015

Pope Francis Has Lifted Us Up

Gerald J. Beyer, an associate professor of Christian Ethics at Villanova University and contributor to Horizons: The Journal of the College Theology Society explores the impact of Pope Francis' visit to the US.

Gerald J. Beyer | 5 Oct 2015

Cyberpsychology in the Man Cave

John Suler, author of Psychology of the Digital Age: Humans Become Electric (2016), takes us on a cathartic journey through cyberspace to his 'man cave'.

John Suler | 2 Oct 2015

Pope Francis visits Philadelphia for the 2015 World Meeting of Families

Philadelphia’s year-long preparations for Pope Francis’ visit to the city for the 2015 World Meeting of Families (WMOF) bore fruit when the pope, weary but still joyfully greeting all he saw, arrived...

Nick Rademacher, Tony Godzieba | 30 Sep 2015

Alien Cattle

Mario Melletti, the author of Ecology, Evolution and Behaviour of Wild Cattle, discusses how water buffalo introduced into a new landscape can wreck havoc on the environment.

Mario Melletti | 28 Sep 2015

“Everyone Has a Plan Until They Get Punched in the Mouth” – Mike Tyson

Steve Isser, the author of Electricity Restructuring in the United States, breaks down the politics, flaws, and future of the Obama Administration's Clean Power Plan.

Steve Isser | 25 Sep 2015

Discovering the Deep Photo Contest

Thanks to everyone who submitted to our photo contest for Discovering the Deep! And the winner is… Shore crab with eggs Photo by: Tom Hartman Taken on the beach at Filey Brigg, Yorkshire, UK with...

23 Sep 2015

Innovation Measurement – Getting it Right

Measuring innovation in organisations is a tricky business. What inputs drive the innovation process? What outputs and outcomes result from it? What parameters connect the inputs to the outputs in a meaningful...

David H. Cropley, Arthur J. Cropley | 21 Sep 2015

A Hero’s Story

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17 Sep 2015

Inside John Copeland

John Anthony Copeland, Jr. was a heroic figure at the center of John Brown's fight against slavery and his raid on Harper's Ferry, but he is just a footnote in most accounts of the momentous raid. Steven Lubet, the author of The "Colored Hero" of Harper's Ferry, talks about what his decision to bring Copeland's narrative to light and the surprising discoveries he made along the way.

16 Sep 2015

A Hero at Harper’s Ferry

Take a peek inside The "Colored Hero" of Harper's Ferry, the story of John Anthony Copeland, Jr. and his role in the fight for U.S. emancipation.

15 Sep 2015