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Plato and the Idea of Political Office
Is politics merely a gaslighting of the oppressed, a cloak for the rulers to exploit the ruled?
Plato’s Republic confronted the challenges of politica…
2 years, 6 months ago
Iran’s Constitutional Revolution of 1906
Iran’s first revolution in 1906 provided the country with a constitution and parliament, laying the foundations for its political development over th…
2 years, 6 months ago
A Small History of Big Evolutionary Ideas
The theory of evolution is often described as the biggest idea in the history of humanity. But evolutionary theory itself has evolved over time, ofte…
2 years, 6 months ago
Literary Activism in Contemporary Africa
Literature has always played a key role in social and political life in Africa, even when it is not deliberately or obviously activist in its aims or…
2 years, 6 months ago
How AI Disrupts The Law
Artificial Intelligence and Generative AI are changing our lives and society as a whole from how we shop to how we access news and make decisions.
Are…
2 years, 6 months ago
The Maths of Board Games
Why are there chess Grandmasters, but not Grandmasters of noughts and crosses (otherwise known as tic-tac-toe)? It is because chess is “harder” – but…
2 years, 6 months ago
Women of the Harlem Renaissance
In the early twentieth century Black creatives were America’s artistic vanguard.
In the cultural movement known as the Harlem Renaissance, African Ame…
2 years, 6 months ago
Writing After Windrush
They came, they saw, they felt conquered.
Turning to the later works of Samuel Selvon and George Lamming, and the writing of Andrew Salkey, Edward Ka…
2 years, 6 months ago
Understanding Net Present Value
In finance, everything comes down to promises. When you invest money, questions arise: how profitable will it be down the line, and is it worth inves…
2 years, 6 months ago
The Death Penalty: A Colonial Relic?
This lecture explores the death penalty's roots, its abolition in England and Wales, and its continuation in the Commonwealth Caribbean. Analysing th…
2 years, 7 months ago