Expert Comment
Dr Rashmi Varma on Ram Temple Controversy
The lavish inauguration on Jan 22, 2024 of the temple dedicated to the Hindu god Ram in the historic town of Ayodhya in north India was a global spectacle. But sadly it can also be seen as a dark day for India's Constitution that still rests of secular principles.
Dr Jen Baker on Lynda La Plante
Dr Jen Baker, who lectures on British crime fiction of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, particularly praised La Plante’s award as indicative of her keen grasp, exploitation, and representation of the gender politics long at play in the history of crime fiction writing.
Charlemagne: creating the myth, Dr Marco Nievergelt in BBC History Magazine
In the later Middle Ages, England found itself entangled in a long and bitter war with France. So why did English writers during the Hundred Years' War choose to celebrate the story of a king of the Franks? Dr Marco Nievergelt of the English and Comparative Literature Department investigates in BBC History magazine.