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November 18^th 2022

A new OUP journal connecting health and infrastructure

November 10^th 2022

Defining “democracy”

November 8^th 2022

Five tips to improve your research culture

November 5^th 2022

When can you refuse to rescue?

November 4^th 2022

Interview with Dr Molly Morgan Jones, Director of Policy at the British Academy on SHAPE

November 2^nd 2022

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The return of Humpty Dumpty: who is the ultimate arbiter of meaning?

November 17^th 2022

Delegitimising “reverse racism”

November 7^th 2022

Everyday Narnia: the language of another world

November 14^th 2022

Civil war and the end of the Roman Empire

October 31^st 2022

In the footsteps of our greatest favorite: vampire

November 16^th 2022

In one’s stockinged feet

November 2^nd 2022

The Avant-Garde | The Very Short Introductions Podcast | Episode 58

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bockety, adj.

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In the history of the British monarchy, what was the 'rough wooing'?