Arts & Humanities

Emmeline Pankhurst, Suffragette and Women’s Rights Icon

Emmeline Pankhurst has come to symbolize the fight for female suffrage in Britain and around the world – although some historians consider the militancy of the suffragette movement may have hindered the eventual granting of the vote for women.

Science & Technology

Why Algorithms Suck and Analog Computers are the Future

Analog computing, which was the predominant form of high-performance computing well into the 1970s, has largely been forgotten since today’s stored program digital computers took over. But the time is ripe to change this.

Arts & Humanities

Engaged Research: How Far Should We Go?

Jehovah’s Witnesses are banned in Russia and seek support from the academic community. How far should we go to help them? A comment on the dilemmas of engaged research.

Arts & Humanities

Lord Beaverbrook, the Business Tycoon Who Loved Tomato Soup

William Maxwell Aitken, also known as Lord Beaverbrook, was one of the most influential figures in British politics and society in the first half of the 20th Century – and he had a little-known culinary passion.

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