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Let them remember cake

by Dr Sara Pennell | Exploring the links between taste and memory, and how humans build memories around food.

14 oct

Heard the one about humour in the humanities?

by Dr Sharon Lockyer | What does silence, bemusement, comments such as ‘you must have a sense of humour’ and requests to ‘tell a good joke’ have in common?

06 oct

Being human: honesty, respect and tolerance

PRESS RELEASE | What exactly are the qualities that make us human? According to respondents in a recent survey, the most highly prized qualities are honesty, respect and tolerance.

01 oct

The hand of the king? Finding the man in the Sutton Hoo ship

by Dr Sue Brunning | In 1939, archaeologist Basil Brown made the discovery of a lifetime on a Suffolk country estate: the undisturbed burial of an Anglo-Saxon VIP...

23 sep

Fear and the Scottish referendum

by Professor Jolyon Mitchell | Listening to the Scottish Referendum Debate it is hard to escape the language of fear. News headlines have been permeated with the ‘F’ word...

16 sep

Why we should be less stressed about the humanities

by Professor Geoffrey Crossick | I’m puzzled by the way people in the humanities so often feel under attack. That is why the Being Human festival is so important...

09 sep

UK's first national humanities festival unveils a rich programme of events

NEWS | Forget the eponymous TV programme featuring fanciful adventures of vampires, ghosts and werewolves, Being Human is a powerful nine-day festival...

08 sep

Public engagement in the humanities – a renaissance

by Sophie Duncan, Deputy Director of the National Coordinating Centre for Public Engagement | The Being Human festival promises to be a key focal point...

26 aug

History and communication

by Professor Simon Eliot and Dr Henry Irving | How research into the communications history of the Ministry of Information has shaped...

12 aug

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