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Dr David Wright and Dr Heidi Ashton on the Hodge review of the Arts Council England

Fri, 19 Dec 2025 16:30:00 GMT

Dr David Wright and Dr Heidi Ashton from the Centre for Cultural and Media Policy Studies give their reaction to Dame Margaret Hodge's review of the Arts Council England.

Removal of the Digital brief from the Department of Culture, Media and Sport

Tue, 07 Feb 2023 14:26:00 GMT

Following the removal of the digital brief from the Department of Culture, Media and Sport, Dr. David Wright, from the Centre for Cultural and Media Policy Studies at the University of Warwick comments.

Emergency arts funding: must benefit communities beyond big cities

Mon, 06 Jul 2020 12:34:00 GMT

The UK government has announced that it will support the arts and culture industry - which is suffering heavy losses through the COVID-19 crisis - with a £1.57bn emergency support package. Experts in theatre and culture from the University of Warwick react.

Will face masks become the norm in Europe? Expert comment

Tue, 19 May 2020 12:48:00 GMT

With many European governments making it compulsory to wear face masks in certain public places, and others recommending it, will masks become part of ‘the new normal’ in the UK? Professor Helen Spencer-Oatey and Professor Perry Hinton look at what norm theory can tell us about behaviour change.

How does wearing a face mask become the cultural norm? Expert comment

Mon, 18 May 2020 10:30:14 GMT

The UK Government has begun recommending the wearing of non-medical face coverings in enclosed spaces. Will it become the norm to see people in Britain wearing masks while outside their homes? Professor Helen Spencer-Oatey and Professor Perry Hinton look at how mask-wearing became the norm in other cultures in this comment piece.

Expert comment - a socially-distant Ramadan

Fri, 24 Apr 2020 11:49:26 GMT

"I suddenly discovered the wisdom in the well-established Islamic teaching telling us to always prioritise facilitating the ‘prevention of common harm’ to the wellbeing of all." Dr Abdullah Sahin, Reader in Islamic Education, reflects on the challenges and opportunities around celebrating Ramadan during the coronavirus lockdown

Art in the Time of Corona - expert comment

Wed, 25 Mar 2020 10:59:13 GMT

"Like the weather, a pandemic hits everyone, but the wealthy are always more ready to survive the storm." Dr Maria Barrett, Assistant Professor in the Centre for Cultural and Media Policy Studies, comments on the impact of coronavirus on the arts and theatre sector, especially on smaller theatres and galleries

“All in all, it’s a clever piece of audience design” - Dr Kieran File on Jurgen Klopp’s swearing

Wed, 08 May 2019 12:35:49 GMT

Dr Kieran File, expert on sports culture and communication at the Centre for Applied Linguistics, discusses Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp’s swearing in his post-match interviews.

“Our society still operates on a monolingual ideal”: Expert comment from Professor Jo Angouri

Wed, 27 Feb 2019 15:17:50 GMT

As the number of students studying German and French drops by half in UK secondary schools, expert in multilingualism from the Centre for Applied Linguistics, Professor Jo Angouri, explains this decline in foreign language learning.

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

Thu, 07 Jun 2018 14:46:47 GMT

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.