by Talking Humanities | Jul 5, 2018 | History & Classics, Human Rights, Interviews, Politics & Law, Research & Resources
Image: © Commonwealth Foundation Priya N Hein talks about her fictionalised account of Britain’s shameful treatment of the Chagos islanders in the second of our series of interviews with the contributors to ‘We Mark Your Memory: writings from the descendants of...
by Talking Humanities | May 15, 2018 | Features, History & Classics, Human Rights, Politics & Law
The director of the Institute of Commonwealth Studies (ICWS), Professor Philip Murphy, writes about his new book, The Empire’s New Clothes, the Myth of the Commonwealth, which was published by Hurst in April. It was a rare example of a Baldrick-style ‘cunning plan’...
by Talking Humanities | Mar 29, 2018 | Analysis & Comment, Features, History & Classics, Human Rights, Libraries & Publications, Politics & Law
Because of his ‘ubiquity in the media and his bombastic, bullying buffoonery’ it is easy to take pot shots at Boris Johnson, says Professor Keith Somerville. However, he will not let this ease of task put him off his aim to use the foreign secretary’s highly...
by Talking Humanities | Nov 15, 2016 | Archives & Libraries, Being Human festival, History & Classics, Human Rights, Politics & Law, Public Engagement, Research & Resources
As part of this year’s Being Human humanities festival, academics from the Institute of Commonwealth Studies (ICWS) and the University of Bristol, have joined forces to form the ‘Archive to Blockbuster Four’ (A2BFour). During an evening event at Senate House on 21...
by Talking Humanities | Nov 1, 2016 | Archives & Libraries, Being Human festival, Events, History & Classics, Languages & Literature, Music, Politics & Law, Public Engagement
As part of this year’s Being Human humanities festival, academics from the Institute of Commonwealth Studies (ICWS) and the University of Bristol, have joined forces to form the Archive to Blockbuster four (A2BFour). During an evening event at Senate House on 21...