After attacks such as those in Paris, there is a certain inevitability to people turning to large, mainstream TV news for information and updates. Our views about the events begin to take shape as we watch and listen. But how reliable is…
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Bi-lingual people often say they feel like a different person when using their different languages and that expressing certain emotions carries different emotional resonance depending on the language they are using. If you are bi-lingual or multi-lingual, is that true for…
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Author David Eggars says ‘For many years, watching the cost of traditional higher education spiral ever higher, I have thought there should be some alternative. Coudn’t there be a free university , some communal effort to share knowledge whereby no…
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Bipolar disorder is a diagnosis given to people who experience periods of intense low mood but also periods of elation and increased energy which can lead to impaired judgement and risky behaviour. The Royal College of Psychiatrists estimates that around…
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Did you know that jellyfish can sink boats, compromise fisheries by destroying captive breeding pens, and enter industrial sites that use seawater intake for cooling – including desalination plants, nuclear plants and nuclear aircraft carriers. Yes, they have all fallen victim to jellyfish. A poorly understood member…
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The inaugural Tunbridge Wells Puppetry Festival is to be held next Saturday, 10 October 2015. One of the features is a specially commissioned piece, funded by the Arts Council, called An Account Of The State Of That Place (or…
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The European Union has a target to shift 30% of road freight over 300km to other modes of transport such as rail or water. The University of Huddersfield’s Institute of Railway Research (IRR) is one of the partners in SUSTRAIL a…
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We don’t just eat food, we talk about it – a lot! We are all concerned about obesity and eating disorders, some of our biggest celebrities are chefs, and there is a great deal of discussion about the role of supermarkets and their…
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Danny Boyle has announced that his next project will be a sequel to the breakout hit Trainspotting. Planned to be released next year to coincide with the 20-year anniversary of the original, what can we expect from the follow-up and…
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From his arrival in Britain in 1931 the Georgian-born architect Berthold Lubetkin brought his experience of the Soviet revolution in 1917 and the turbulent debates about art and politics in Paris in the 1920s to generate ideas about architecture and…
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