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Dr Elena Giusti on the 2018 Women's Prize for Fiction

Dr Elena Giusti, Assistant Professor in Latin Literature and Language, discusses the 2018 Women's Prize for Fiction, won by Kamila Shamsie for her novel Home Fire, a reworking of Sophocles' Greek tragedy.

Thu 07 Jun 2018, 15:46 | Tags: book, author, Classics and Ancient History, Arts, Culture, Literature, History

Holocaust complicity bill passes in Poland - expert comment from Dr Charles Turner

"The court of scholarly opinion on these matters is already robust and well able to marginalise the voices that might make use of such phrases," says Dr Charles Turner, commenting on a controversial new law which will make it illegal to accuse the Polish nation or state of complicity in the Nazi Holocaust.


Vote for Catalan independence: "A question of an illegal vote confronted by political intransigence"

Spanish police have detained 14 Catalan officials involved in organising an independence vote declared illegal by Spain’s government.

Thousands protested in the streets as a response to the government’s actions. Alison Ribeiro de Menezes, Professor of Hispanic Studies comments on why tensions in Catalonia are boiling over now


Dr Richardson reveals eight historical snap elections in BBC History Magazine

With Britons about to vote in a snap election, Dr Sarah Richardson Associate Professor of British History, reveals eight other years when the government sprang a surprise poll on the public in the June edition of BBC History Magazine.

Thu 25 May 2017, 13:12 | Tags: Politics, Expert comment, Arts, History

Prof Marshall explains how Henry VIII's break with Rome led to a century of savagery

Writing for BBC History magazine, Professor Marshall of Warwick's History department explains how Henry VIII's break with Rome led to a century of savagery.

Fri 12 May 2017, 14:12 | Tags: Expert comment, History

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