This year has been extremely busy on the AboutFace project that I run at the University of York. Funded by my UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship,…
LONELINESS AFTER THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC: WHY IT ISN’T GOING ANYWHERE FAST
I spoke to CNN News this week about loneliness and why it will linger longer than Covid-19. Over the past year I’ve talked to various…
TIME FLIES
It’s a long time since my last post, reflecting how busy things have been during the Covid-19 lockdown – at home and at work. My…
WHAT’S IN A FACE? REFLECTIONS ON BEING HUMAN
This month the AboutFace team has been been focusing on the Being Human Festival, the only UK national festival for the humanities, led by the School…
BEING HUMAN: A FESTIVAL OF THE HUMANITIES
The theme of this year’s Being Human Festival, a national festival of the humanities, is New Worlds (12-22 November 2020). At the time of Covid…
TECHNOLOGIES OF THE FACE
In January I took up an exciting new role at King’s College London, where I am Professor of Modern History and Director of a new…