Variety Acts and Turns of the Early 1930s
Music hall constantly adapted to survive, yet the cultural form is often dismissed. Fern Riddell considers our collective memory
Music hall constantly adapted to survive, yet the cultural form is often dismissed. Fern Riddell considers our collective memory
Simon Blackburn, Mariana Alessandri and John Kaag on why reports of Socrates’ impending demise are greatly exaggerated
An academic researching the Camorra talks to John Elmes about Kalashnikovs and pizza, investigating a closed community, and how she stays safe
Five contributors recall friendships and encounters with preeminent scientists, writers and philosophers
As universities and academics strive to aid migrants and understand their plight, scholars offer personal experiences of the upheaval
Johns Hopkins and the University of Pennsylvania deploy a host of financial and intellectual resources to help locals build richer, healthier, more inclusive cities. John Morgan reports
Panikos Panayi follows the struggles and achievements of those who made this country their home amid difficult circumstances
A long break sounds luxurious but what is the reality? Scholars share what they did with their ‘free’ time
A hagiographic look at a US designer store is all style, no substance, Pamela Church Gibson argues
From Donald Trump to Brexit, John Morgan considers the challenges of a new international political climate
Catherine Clinton reflects on history’s intolerable cruelties
Richmal Crompton’s stories have thrilled generations of children but critics have kept their distance. It is time the establishment embraced them
From tackling pay to decrees on sleep and email curfews, five scholars explain what they would do to improve the academy in 24 hours
Davina Quinlivan detects a shift to more rounded representations of mental illness on screen
Austin Williams on contrasting film treatments of a nascent superpower’s hopes and dreams