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When two of Britain’s most influential voices clashed over allied bombing of Germany, Orwell took an unusual line.
National models on the spread of COVID-19 have helped us through this crisis. But we’ll need local models to get us through the next stage.
An art historian uncovers the truth about Marthe Bonnard, for decades labelled as a jealous recluse with a neurotic need to bathe.
There are two principles governments use to make public health decisions, and on mask-wearing they’re in direct conflict.
Britain’s newspaper’s reported some wild scenes as the nation celebrated, but none wilder than in the Daily Mirror’s cartoon strip.
It’s a good time to reflect on what we expect of each other and our leaders.
Helium plays an important role in breathing devices and it mostly comes as a by-product of petroleum production.
Research shows victims of past tragedies take their memories into the next challenge.
The states of the Gulf Cooperation Council have exploited the underlying threats of the virus to bolster their own survival strategies.
Phones sometimes serve as a ‘digital leash’ to check women’s whereabouts - a growing feature of many relationships and conflicts.
Coronavirus reveals how macho stereotypes like toughness, aggression and control can create harm.
Sometimes you can understand more of the world from the comfort of your own home
And why COVID-19 has launched a response that the climate crisis couldn’t.
For some people, home is not a safe place to be.
How the humanitarian consequences of the Syrian crisis have spilled across the region.
Misinformation and “fake news” was also widespread during the Black Death.
Travel and philosophy have enjoyed a quiet love affair for centuries.
Grecian love is often idealised as an respectable model for queer love. However, there’s more pleasure and reality to be found in ancient Rome’s dirtier version
It has become common to believe that if babies sleep in these boxes, it will help protect them from sudden infant death syndrome. Unfortunately, the research does not back this up.
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Associate Professor of Medieval History, Durham University
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Professor in Practice, Department of Engineering, Durham University
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Professor in Political Science and International Relations, Durham University
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Emeritus Professor of Physics at Durham University, Durham University
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PhD Candidate in International Relations, Durham University
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Professor in High Medieval History, Durham University
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Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Geography, Durham University
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Professor of Landscape Archaeology, Department of Archaeology, University of Al-Qadisiyah; Durham University
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Professor of Geoenergy, Carbon Capture and Storage, Durham University
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Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Durham University
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Assistant Professor, Net Zero Transition, Durham University
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Associate Professor in Politics and Islam, Durham University
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Assistant Professor of Psychology, Durham University
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Professor of Sedimentology & Geoenergy, Durham University
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Associate Professor, Department of Sport and Exercise Sciences, Durham University