What place can there be for opera? The question is still asked today, as debates surrounding arts funding and the validity of state subventions persist. What merits funding and what does not? What...
When one thinks of medievalism in poetry, one thinks first of the 19th century, of John Keats, Alfred Tennyson, William Morris and the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, of the reinventions of King Arthur,...
Both the layman and expert will find these insights into particle physics fascinating, says Tara Shears
This book presents the voices of migrant workers living in London and working in cleaning, construction, food processing, hospitality and domiciliary care. The authors show the ways in which the...
In a recent interview, legendary music producer Brian Eno declared the record to be a "blip" in the history of the music industries. By this he was referring less to the actual vinyl format than to...
Memorabilia collected by the co-founder of punk rock band the Clash has gone on display at a Norwich institution. The personal archive of Mick Jones includes guitars, stage clothes and posters, as...
A group of 30 journalism students will attend the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games to work as press volunteers. The students from Sheffield Hallam University will join about 30,000 volunteers oiling the...
The votes of up to 4 million "Lambrini ladies" are being written off by politicians, according to research. Steven Fielding, director of the University of Nottingham's Centre for British Politics, is...
Neurologists are investigating how Alzheimer's disease affects the written language of sufferers. A team at St George's, University of London, working with colleagues at the universities of Oxford...
The changing face of jazz and its role in European culture is to be analysed in a research project. The study will involve Birmingham City University, Lancaster University and the University of...
The unnerving experience of deja vu is to be examined by a centre for "consciousness science", hailed as the first to apply cross-disciplinary knowledge to the subject. As well as addressing the...
People of mixed race are considered more attractive than those from a single racial lineage, according to a study. Michael Lewis, a researcher at Cardiff University's School of Psychology, collected...
Engineers in Wales are bringing light to a community in rural Zambia as part of a United Nations project to help people living without electricity. A team led by Demetri Djialli, head of knowledge...
A centre for research in political psychology has opened in Northern Ireland. The centre at Queen's University Belfast will undertake research, teaching and community projects focusing on...
Manufacturers and engineering companies have joined forces with academics to establish a research centre in Glasgow. Boeing, Mettis Aerospace, Rolls-Royce, Scottish Enterprise and US-based Titanium...