“Socrates’ dictum that beauty is the useful has at last been ironically fulfilled.” Max Horkheimer and Theodor Adorno

“Socrates’ dictum that beauty is the useful has at last been ironically fulfilled.” Max Horkheimer and Theodor Adorno

Dr Sam Wetherell, senior lecturer at the University of York, has been shortlisted for the 2026 Wolfson History Prize for Liverpool: A Story of…

A few years ago, my employer, the University of York, commissioned a civil engineering firm named Tilbury Douglas to build a new nursery for the children of its employees and students.

A few years ago, my employer, the University of York, commissioned a civil engineering firm named Tilbury Douglas to build a new nursery for the children of its employees and students.

Could charter cities be the key to urban prosperity and opportunity?

“The living need the dead more than the dead need the living” Thomas Laqueur

“The living need the dead more than the dead need the living” Thomas Laqueur

My students often ask me how old something has to be to be considered history. They are usually searching for an agreed cut-off point between the surface-level churn of present events and a past that ...

My students often ask me how old something has to be to be considered history. They are usually searching for an agreed cut-off point between the surface-level churn of present events and a past that ...

Abstract. By examining political literature, ephemera and oral histories, this article investigates the politics of pigmentation within the Black Power and

“Women, Where Are Your Jobs Going?”: Feminism and the Problem of Unemployment in Thatcher’s Britain - Volume 65

Anton Jäger has been lauded for his exceptional ability to make sense of these strange political times – and he’s only 32. The writer and academic explains why we’re living in an age of hyperpolitics

Costco's model and the future of retail