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...social policy. In the current space between the brouhaha and farrago that is Brexit, in which interregnum has substituted for government, Northern Ireland (NI) is the keystone in any eventual settlement. What is to be done? This is the Leninist revolutionary slogan that seems apposite in addressing the complex Irish border question that is central to any satisfactory...

...work. But there is also the question of what we do in the here and now: what do they teach, and who is it taught to? What is taught? The content of teaching at universities often reinforces power imbalances and the legacy of colonialism. Take my own discipline of International Relations as an example. Its focus on international interactions tends to mean that it focuses...

...social magnitude that separated the monarch from the public in 1952 has shrunk, although taboos about touching the monarch and what can be said or worn in her presence persist. At the same time, Elizabeth II’s reign has been the most globally public in British history. Physically, she has been seen to be more accessible to the people than ever before. “I have to be...

...working together, and were interested in continuing to highlight salient, and often controversial issues around citizenship and migration using the medium of participatory, experiential art and technology. They both thought that the medium offered audiences a different level of engagement – one that enabled them to explore difficult social and political issues in less...