School of Histories Languages and Cultures

Nicaraguan flag waving in front of historical colonial buildings

Daniel Ortega of Nicaragua plans to scrap elections – what that says about today’s autocrats

August 5, 2026

What the lotus flower reveals about veteran PTSD in Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey

July 31, 2026

Cave site of Latnija in the northern Mellieħa region of Malta that has revealed evidence for over 1000 years of forager occupations © Huw Groucutt

Earliest Mediterranean long-distance sea journeys were sustained over at least a millennium

July 28, 2026

Metropolitan policeman on duty in front of 10 Downing Street

No lectern and the promise of a ‘new model’ – what we can learn from Andy Burnham’s speech

July 21, 2026

John McGahern Annual Book Prize shortlist celebrates best Irish debuts

July 10, 2026

Acclaimed festival celebrating Samuel Beckett returns for third instalment

July 2, 2026

researcher standing over a table examining artefacts

A new era for Garstang collections: Liverpool opens cutting-edge research hub

June 25, 2026

Archaeologist contributes chapter to latest book from Professor Alice Roberts

June 9, 2026

Three little boys shelter from the sun under a battered umbrella during London's summer heatwave.

How London, Paris and New York coped in the heatwaves of the past

May 22, 2026

Politics researcher collaborates on new policy briefs exploring authoritarianism

May 12, 2026