Across the vastly different worlds of ancient India and medieval Britain, two legendary rulers face the exact same impossible choice: sacrifice their love or shatter the moral foundation of their kingdom?
SyndicatedHarsh Trivedi, Teaching Associate French, School of Languages, Arts and Societies., University of Sheffield5 min read
As sea levels creep higher in the Pacific, salt leaches into the soil, and reduces the land available to grow food. Ocean warming is damaging coral reefs, reducing fish stocks, and salinity has tainted fresh water supplies.
SyndicatedVeronica Le Nevez, Co-Director, Impact and Engagement, The George Institute for Global Health, George Institute for Global Health4 min read
Coinciding with the 50th anniversary of Agatha Christie’s death, the exhibition A World of Mystery at the British Library takes visitors on a fascinating journey through spaces that evoke Christie’s life and work.
SyndicatedNadia Atia, Head of English & Reader in Postcolonial and Global Literature, Queen Mary University of London5 min read
Why do people speak Germanic languages such as English in England and Swedish in Sweden, but Celtic languages in Ireland, Wales and Brittany? The dispersal of languages is one of the enigmas of European prehistory.
SyndicatedGuus Kroonen, Associate Professor, Scandinavian, Germanic and Indo-European Comparative Linguistics, Leiden University; University of Copenhagen5 min read
SyndicatedKliti Grice, Founding Director of WA-Organic & Isotope Geochemistry Centre, School of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Curtin University5 min read