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FIFA World Cup 2026: Extract from The Beautiful Game on a Muslim Pitch
Read more: FIFA World Cup 2026: Extract from The Beautiful Game on a Muslim PitchAs the FIFA World Cup 2026 unfolds, read an extract exploring the relationship between football, religion and identity in Muslim contexts.
Flawed Crystals: Muriel Spark’s Ways of Seeing
‘How do you do it? I am dazzled’, enthused Evelyn Waugh in a letter to Muriel Spark in 1960. Spark’s…
Young people and activism
By Niall Nance-Carroll Young people are a coveted demographic in politics, and they are increasingly shaping both the message and…
Q&A with Mark Sandy, author of ‘Transatlantic Transformations of Romanticism’
Tell us a bit about Transatlantic Transformations of Romanticism Well, my book takes a fresh look at the literature of…
Science, Technology & Culture: In memory of Christopher Johnson (1958-2017)
By Brigitte Nelrich Note: This blog article has been reused with kind permission from the author. The original post can…
Nominal compound semantics – exhaustive studies, elusive results?
By Vesna Antoniova Why do the intricacies of nominal compounds remain hidden even after being considered in a number of…
Spinoza and democracy in peril
By Dan Taylor In October 2020, in the days leading up to the US Presidential Election, over 130 leading historians…
Georgian Glasgow: Five Sites of a Forgotten Time
By Craig Lamont The Cultural Memory of Georgian Glasgow is the first book-length study of a long-neglected period in the…
The Scots at Jarama
By Fraser Raeburn On this day 84 years ago, Scottish soldiers went into battle. For most of them, it was…
Remembering the history of Scottish land reform
By Ewen Cameron I was delighted to publish Freshness, Freedom, and Peace?: Land Settlement in Scotland after the Great War …