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Displacement
Are you coming back? That is what potter Edmund de Waal was asked by readers when he published his best-selling book about his family's refugee histo…
4 years, 6 months ago
Nadifa Mohamed, Gentle/Radical, Dylan Thomas
A Somali man arrested for murder in 1950s Cardiff inspired the latest novel from Nadifa Mohamed. She talks to Rana Mitter about uncovering this misca…
4 years, 7 months ago
Green Thinking: Climate and Refugees
Does climate change force people to flee their homes and livelihoods? Does it cause wars that create refugees? Dr Helen Adams and Professor Michael C…
4 years, 7 months ago
How anthropology helps us understand the world
"Tunnel vision is deadly. We need lateral vision. That is what anthropology can impart: anthro-vision." So says renowned economist GillianTett, who t…
4 years, 7 months ago
How anthropology helps us understand the world
"Tunnel vision is deadly. We need lateral vision. That is what anthropology can impart: anthro-vision." So says renowned economist GillianTett, who t…
4 years, 7 months ago
Green Thinking: Hot Money
From Bitcoin mines to green investment bonds: how easy is it to change the way finance works to make it greener? Professor Yu Xiong and Professor Ni…
4 years, 7 months ago
Beryl Vertue
From Frankie Howerd to Sherlock: Beryl Vertue is the producer of some classic TV shows including Men Behaving Badly. She took Steptoe and Son to Amer…
4 years, 7 months ago
Women's Art
A Bouillabaisse soup inspired hat paraded by the surrealist artist Eileen Agar in 1948 caused raised eyebrows to the passers-by captured in the Pathé…
4 years, 7 months ago
Green Thinking: Seascapes and Blue Gold
How real are flooding dangers in Britain and Ireland? Two researchers who have been working with local communities in Wales, Norfolk and Ireland tell…
4 years, 7 months ago
Green Thinking: Climate and Conflict
Is climate change to blame for global conflicts and disputes over resources? Or is this rush to blame water shortages just post-Colonial thinking? Dr…
4 years, 7 months ago