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The Medieval Agricultural Revolution: New Evidence
During the medieval ‘agricultural revolution’, new forms of cereal farming fuelled the exceptionally rapid growth of towns, markets and populations a…
3 years, 1 month ago
Landscapes of Roman Britain
We used to think Roman Britain was a largely untamed natural landscape of woodland with occasional opulent villas representing the houses of an alien…
3 years, 1 month ago
Does the Adversarial System Serve Us Well?
What is the adversarial tradition in English criminal and civil procedure, and how does it compare with the inquisitorial systems found in some civil…
3 years, 1 month ago
The Carbon Cycle Behind Net Zero
What happens to carbon dioxide after we emit it? Half is absorbed within a year or two by plants and the oceans, the rest, in effect, stays in the at…
3 years, 1 month ago
Viking Pagan Gods in Britain
The Norse and Danish invaders - commonly called Vikings - who occupied Britain in the ninth and tenth centuries, brought with them their own pagan go…
3 years, 1 month ago
The Mathematical Life of Sir Christopher Wren
Christopher Wren, who died 300 years ago this year, is famed as the architect of St Paul’s Cathedral. But he was also Gresham Professor of Astronomy,…
3 years, 1 month ago
Portraits of Queen Elizabeth II: The Artists’ Challenges
Scores of painters and photographers over the last seventy years have grappled with the formal portrayal of Queen Elizabeth II from life. These range…
3 years, 1 month ago
Historical Fiction from Sir Walter Scott to Georgette Heyer and Hilary Mantel
Until the 1970s, historical fiction was a scorned genre that belonged to Georgette Heyer and Jean Plaidy. Over recent decades, literary fiction has t…
3 years, 1 month ago
Big Data in Business
Big data has really taken off over the past decade because of the presence of ubiquitous sensor technology everywhere. For example, we are all consta…
3 years, 1 month ago
Rhythm Disturbances of the Heart
Our bodies depend on our hearts maintaining a steady beat, and increasing it appropriately in response to exercise. If the heart goes too fast, or to…
3 years, 2 months ago