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Mary S. Morgan: interview

Mary S. Morgan on the curious uses of models, facts and narratives.

Refining the chemical attraction of humanities scholarship

Mary Beard argues that it is time to stop searching for the eureka moment.

A new age of enlightenment?

Alun Evans, Chief Executive of the British Academy, considers the highlights of 2017-18, and looks ahead.

The British Academy and civilisation(s) - past, present, future

David Cannadine, President of the British Academy, unearths the deep roots of the Academy’s new vision.

Graham Swift’s Waterland as soliloquy of suffering

John Burnside discusses an elegy for the erasure of history in the pursuit of progress.

Ten years after the nationalisation of Northern Rock

John Kay reminds us of how the financial crisis unfolded 10 years ago.

Editorial, British Academy Review, Spring 2018

Welcome to this issue of the British Academy Review.

Should we ban dangerous speech?

Jeffrey Howard thinks through the arguments.

Dominic Abrams: interview

Dominic Abrams on understanding group dynamics, and what holds societies together.

Language learning and diversity in society

Margaret Snowling draws on her study of language-learning difficulties to offer some suggestions for promoting diversity in society.

Why anthropology matters

Tim Ingold talks to the British Academy Review about his new book, with its manifesto for a future anthropology.

More from the Lecture Hall (Spring 2018)

Links to 2017-2018 lectures that can be read or listened to.

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