2016
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Do we apologise too much?
- Professor Stephen Wood discusses a new app that encourages people to stop saying sorry
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The ‘shaming’ of Sunny Leone, Pornography ‘Star’
- Dr Heather Brunskell-Evans discusses the recent interview between Bhupendra Chaubey and Sunny Leone, which was widely criticised on social media
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Exploding buses and plane crashes: why stuntmen are the unsung heroes of film
- Professor James Chapman discusses history's most well-known stunts
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Fleet Foxes
- John Williams discusses Leicester City's success in the Premier League - despite their low spend on players
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It’s not Beyoncé’s job to answer every question about blackness
- Dr Jacqueline Sanchez Taylor discusses Beyoncé's performance of 'Formation' at the Superbowl and the reactions it provoked
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Is Peter Tatchell Good for You?
- Dr Heather Brunskell-Evans discusses disappointments in Tatchell's views on pornography
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Has Claudio Ranieiri, Leicester City’s FC Manager, outfoxed his rivals?
- How much credit for a string of performances, which even the most foolhardy of supporters could not have dreamed of, can be meaningfully attributed to good management? We ask the experts: management academics!
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'Could Leicester City's success boost Asian support for the home-town club?'
- John Williams discusses how LCFC's success could increase BME support for the team
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The legend of Johan Cruyff will live on
- John Williams discusses the huge hole in the world of football left behind after the death of the great Netherlands footballer
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'The pros outweigh the cons in local football'
- John Williams discusses fights breaking out in local football matches
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“VIVA RANIERI!” Italian academics and football-related identities
- Dr Massimo Giovanardi discusses the ‘Ranieri-effect’ and how it is being embraced by Italian academics in the East Midlands
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‘Bloody Fool’: Evelyn Waugh’s life as a 1920s Oxford Aesthete
- Dr Barbara Cooke discusses Evelyn Waugh's autobiography
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First Person: 'Referees deserve our support - even after Leicester City's clash with West Ham'
- John Williams discusses how referees should be cut a little slack to help the game survive intact
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The Hillsborough Inquests and a 'disgraceful, inordinate delay in justice for the 96'
- John Williams discusses the Hillsborough Disaster and new revelations from the Inquest
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Leicester City are football champions of England: I’m tearful, incredibly proud – and full of envy
- John Williams discusses Leicester City Football Club's Premier League victory
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Is City’s triumph a microcosm of what British industry should be doing?
- Professor Stephen Wood discusses how management helped Leicester City seize victory in the Premier League
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Leicester Zindabad (Long Live Leicester)
- Director of the News Centre Ather Mirza discusses the coming together of cultures in adoration of Leicester City's success
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Five things you need to know about Leicester
- From location to population, Colin Hyde discusses the key things that makes Leicester the city it is
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Leicester will experience significant knock-on effects from Leicester City's triumph
- Professor Stephen Wood discusses how the feel-good factor in Leicester will have some positive impact on the economy
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How did the miracle of Leicester City winning the Premier League happen?
- 'Armchair Foxes fan' Dr Paul Jenkins offers his opinion
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Don’t panic, Mary Berry’s Bakewell tart recipe is safe!
- Dr Simon Dixon discusses the closure of BBC Food and how much of its content can still be accessed through web archives
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'Muhammad Ali changed the way we see sport. There will never be another'
- John Williams discusses the legacy left behind by the boxing heavyweight
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First Person: 'WAGs are just fodder for tabloid slurs'
- Dr Melanie Kennedy discusses how footballer Jamie Vardy's wife Becky Nicholson has been described in the media recently and why this is an issue
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The name’s Bond, James Bond … or should it be Jane?
- Professor James Chapman presents his views on the future of the James Bond franchise
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The revenge of the street-fighting Euro-sceptics
- John Williams from DICE comments on politics, hooliganism and policing at the 2016 Euro football finals in France.
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Dismemberment in Victorian London: The Thames Torso Murders
- Dr Shane McCorristine discusses some of London's notorious unsolved murder mysteries
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England expects – perhaps too much?
- John Williams discusses England's Euro 2016 loss to Iceland and mourning for national sport
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Rooting for the underdog
- John Williams featured in the latest episode of The Conversation's The Anthill podcast discussing Leicester City’s unexpected premier league win
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Has the Olympic Games caught up with the modern world?
- John Williams discusses how the Olympics still has a way to go before all athletes are treated equally
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Desert ‘magick’ and astral bodies
- Margaret Maclean discusses the cast of impossibly colourful characters in the collection of Victor Neuburg
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'Banning of ‘burquinis’ is a step towards depriving Muslim women of equal citizenship'
- Dr Saeeda Shah from the University of Leicester highlights how traditional dress signifies empowerment and equality to Muslim women, and mentions their participation in the Rio Olympics
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Pokémon Go! The Medieval Edition
- PhD student Becky Lawton, who works on Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts with the British Library, outlines similarities between the pocket monsters in the popular franchise and the beasts of the medieval world
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The Great Medieval Bake Off
- PhD student Becky Lawton, who works on Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts with the British Library, discusses baking guilds in medieval Europe
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‘Hijacking’ of religious symbols by extremists intensifies rifts and tensions
- Dr Saeeda Shah discusses how Islamic symbols are distorted through extremism
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Was Helen really to blame for the Trojan War – or just a scapegoat?
- Dr Jan Haywood discusses how Helen has been envisioned throughout history
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Simple fix for England football crisis – make better coaches than Big Sam
- John Williams discusses the departure of Sam Allardyce from the job of England football manager
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The Enduring Imaginative Power of the Criminal Corpse
- Professor Sarah Tarlow discusses the enduring popularity of the gibbet in Halloween paraphernalia
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What really makes something ‘offensive’?
- Dr Ranjana Das from the Department of Media, Communication and Sociology discusses her forthcoming book 'Provocative Screens'
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Museums as sanctuaries from hate?
- Robin Clarke from the School of Museum Studies discusses how museums can challenge pervasive media and stand up for the marginalised and less fortunate
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The Casey Review on Opportunity and Integration: Re-inventing the Wheel
- Dr Leah Bassel from the School of Media, Communication and Sociology writes article for Discover Society
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Changing Patterns of Crimes Against Sex Workers
- Professor Teela Sanders and Dr Rosie Campbell OBE, Department of Criminology discuss their new research project and International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers on 17 December