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Good luck or bad? How Christmas decorating traditions vary in England
Heritage project finds practices thought to bring good fortune in one place were believed to sow disaster down the road.
Professor Holger Afflerbach’s new book launched in style at the National Army Museum
On a Knife Edge (Cambridge University Press, 2022) is a translation of Auf Messers Schneide (C.H.Beck, 2018).
Dr Ross Cole wins prestigious award from the Society for Ethnomusicology
Dr Cole has been awarded the prestigious Bruno Nettl Prize for his recent book 'The Folk: Music, Modernity, and the Political Imagination', published by University of California Press.
The Long View - Political Comebacks
In an episode of the Radio 4 programme 'The Long View' on political comebacks, Dr Rebecca Darley talks about the Roman Emperor Justinian II.
Why you should almost always wash your clothes on cold
According to a Washington Post article featuring Dr Mark Sumner, washing clothes on a cold wash, and less regularly than you think, is better for them.