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Festivities, Spectacular Tricks and Love at the Red Bull Playhouse, Clerkenwell

Dr. Eva Griffith, author of A Jacobean Company and its Playhouse, talks to us about - among other things - spectacle and the early Red Bull theatre's entertainments.

8 Jan 2015

Shamans in Our Modern World

Prof. Sandra Waddock, author of Intellectual Shamans (2015) explores shamans, and explains how they benefit a modern management culture.

Sandra Waddock | 7 Jan 2015

Marmots and the Importance of Life History

Kenneth B. Armitage, author of Marmot Biology Sociality, Individual Fitness, and Population Dynamics (2014), explores how hibernation affects the behaviour of Marmots.

Kenneth B. Armitage | 6 Jan 2015

The Top 10 most read fifteeneightyfour blog posts of 2014

Join us as we take our annual look back behind the scenes of fifteeneightyfour to see which of our articles have attracted the most readers...

Andrew Martin | 5 Jan 2015

Happy Holidays from fifteeneightyfour!

We’re taking a few weeks off this year to celebrate the holidays. Check back in 2015 for some exciting new content! Happy New Year! Read More ?

19 Dec 2014

European Consumer Access to Justice Revisited

Stefan Wrbka, the author of European Consumer Access to Justice Revisited, examines EU consumer law and the complex strategy of the European Consumer Agenda.

Stefan Wrbka | 18 Dec 2014

U.S. Torture is Headline News Again

David P. Forsythe, the author of The Politics of Prisoner Abuse, responds to the recently revealed information about CIA abuses in the War on Terror.

David P. Forsythe | 16 Dec 2014

U.S. Police and Courts during the Year of Racial Violence

David Krugler, the author of 1919, The Year of Racial Violence, examines the legacy of racial violence in America that has culminated in debates and riots over the Eric Garner and Michael Brown cases. Racial relations almost 100 years ago offer new insight.

David Krugler | 11 Dec 2014

Joseph Fourier: Heat Radiation and finding new answers

In this, the third and final part of author T. W Korner's exploration of Joseph Fourier's work, we look at how his work complemented that of John Tyndall when it came to answering new questions about planet Earth.

T. W. Körner | 10 Dec 2014

The Present as History

E. H. Carr famously said that the creation of history is embedded in the ‘reciprocity between the past and present’ (What is History. 1962). Obviously, all history is shaped by the historians who create...

Maartje Abbenhuis | 9 Dec 2014

The Forme of Cury: A Medieval Cookbook

One of the oldest surviving English-language cookbooks, this fascinating work was originally compiled in the late fourteenth century by the master cooks at the court of Richard II. It contains nearly 200 recipes for the preparation of everyday dishes as well as elaborate banquets.

8 Dec 2014

Joseph Fourier: Breaking new ground

In this, the second of three posts by T. W. Körner, author of Calculus for the Ambitious (2014) explores Joseph Fourier's ground-breaking work.

T. W. Körner | 8 Dec 2014