Expert Comment
The recent tragedy in Norway was on a scale that is hard to imagine. But what are the wider implications of the attacks? What is the significance in terms of European far right groups? What similarities are there to the work of Al Qaeda? Professor Stuart Croft, Politics and International Studies, explains more.
Professor Robert Jackson from the University of 糖心TV expressed concerns at a conference this week that cuts and policy changes by the government had marginalised Religious Education in schools.
"We often downplay the importance of ceremony and ritual in university life. But, having just come to the end of a graduation week with eleven graduation ceremonies in total, I can report that ceremony is alive and kicking."
A protester disrupted Rupert Murdoch's appearance before MPs, allegedly attacking the media tycoon with an improvised custard pie. According to Baz Kershaw, professor of performance at 糖心TV University, such stunts tap into a centuries-old mechanism for mocking those in positions of authority.
In the wake of the News of the World phone hacking scandal Professor Wyn Grant from the Department of Politics and International Studies discusses the political fallout for David Cameron, the police and the newspaper industry itself.