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Health, Sports & Psychology
Creative Arts, Health and Wellbeing
How does engaging with the arts affect our health and wellbeing? This collection explores how the arts can help with a healthy society.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
The arts in Participatory Action Research
How can storytelling via art help women when leaving an abusive environment and seeking help for their continued wellbeing?
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History & The Arts
How can the arts improve health and wellbeing?
What evidence is there supporting the potential of the arts to aid health and wellbeing in both formal and informal settings?
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Health, Sports & Psychology
The healing power of nature writing
Writing about the natural world and environment can work wonders for our wellbeing – this article explains how.
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History & The Arts
Does fiction make people more empathic and is that a good thing?
Does reading fiction make people more empathic or do more empathic people tend to read more fiction?
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History & The Arts
Ta, cheers, much obliged: A brief history of 'thanks' in English
There's more to just saying thank you than you think. Philip Seargeant delves into the fascinating linguistics of expressing gratitude.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Veganuary: can it make a positive difference?
This article explores how Veganuary’s growth has sparked a global shift toward veganism, changing consumption habits and raising awareness about animal rights.
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History & The Arts
Ten top tips for writing a novel
Got a novel bursting to get out? These tips from novelist and lecturer Sally O'Reilly may surprise you...
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Health, Sports & Psychology
St Lucia reimagined: marketing a Swedish festive icon
Every year on 13 December, Sweden celebrates St Lucia’s Day – a festive tradition that marks the start of the Christmas season.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Music and mental health: the parallels between Victorian asylum treatments and modern social prescribing
Did you know that doctors were exploring the links between mental health and music back in the Victorian era? This article explains more about musical treatments in the asylum.
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History & The Arts
Grief and the body: mourning in ancient Rome
In Ancient Rome was physically violent mourning seen as a true manifestation of the mourners’ grief, or was the bodily expression a performance?
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History & The Arts
Armistice Day
The armistice which marked the end of the First World War took effect at 11am on 11th November 1918. Here's a collection of resources for Armistice Day, to commemorate and remember these events.