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5 things you never knew about Gregory of Tours
Read more: 5 things you never knew about Gregory of ToursDiscover 5 surprising facts about Gregory of Tours, from fishing and stargazing to fear, faith, and confronting kings in the late sixth century.
The wisdom of greed?
By Nicholas Baima Greed is clearly unjust, but is it foolish? In Book 1 of Plato’s Republic, Thrasymachus defends the…
An extract from Lucretius II by Thomas Nail
Take a peek at the book extract from the recently published Lucretius II: An Ethics of Motion by Thomas Nail.…
Sixties British Cinema – Reconsidered!
Read Laura Mayne’s overview of the new book Sixties British Cinema Reconsidered, which re-evaluates a critically neglected period in British…
Dialectics of Improvement: a conversation
Gerard Lee McKeever’s new book Dialectics of Improvement: Scottish Romanticism, 1786-1831 is published this month in the ‘Edinburgh Critical Studies in Romanticism’ series. To mark the occasion, Dr McKeever spoke to series co-editor Professor Penny Fielding.
Irish University Review turns 50!
Irish University Review, the leading journal dedicated to Irish literary criticism, turns 50 this year, and to celebrate, we have…
Christians and Muslims: Friends or Foes?
Read on to explore the details behind writing the first and second edition of the fascinating study looking at the…
Detective storyworlds: why do you keep watching?
By Antoine Dechêne A few months ago, my wife and I were having one of our numerous chats about the…
Q&A with Murdo Macdonald, author of ‘Patrick Geddes’s Intellectual Origins’
Read on to find out what inspired Murdo Macdonald to research Patrick Geddes in his new book Patrick Geddes’s Intellectual…
The role of heritage in community development of the Highlands and Islands
Professor James Hunter – founding director of the University of the Highlands and Islands’ (UHI) Centre for History and author…