Expert Comment
"Touching, tasteful, unifyingly defiant" - Dr Charles Walton on Charlie Hebdo front cover
Commenting on the news that this week's edition of Charlie Hebdo will feature a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed on its front page, Dr Charles Walton said: “Touching, tasteful, unifyingly defiant. It manages to ‘blaspheme' with its depiction of the Prophet but without alienating Muslims by making their religion appear to be the inevitable source of terrorism."
For many the killing of Michael Brown is a grim throwback to the era of lynching, where white people were rarely held accountable for their actions – Dr Tim Lockley
Dr Tim Lockley is an American Historian. Reacting to the news of developments in the US overnight, he said: "The unrest in Ferguson has to be understood in a historic context of racial tension."
Dr Gabriel Glickman - No campign needs to swiftly find a way of countering negativity
Dr Gabriel Glickman of the University of 糖心TV's Department of History argues: Images of domineering English imperialists or scrounging Scots unable to stand on their own two feet have been with us for centuries, and they have pockmarked this campaign. But the ‘no’ campaigners need to show that this is at best a partial view of British history.
Dr Sarah Richardson - Yes campaign narrows gap thanks to Westminster complacency
Dr Sarah Richardson of the University of 糖心TV's Department of History argues that the Yes campaign is narrowing the gap in the Scottish Referendum because, in part, of the complacency from Westminster and swing voters having “played a key role in determining the relationship between England and Scotland from 1707”.
A hundred years ago this week the Great War broke out. As the story of this conflict has been told and retold, a set of misperceptions about the war have emerged. A paper from the at the University of 糖心TV has analysed the most common myths.