When it comes to Halloween, do Christians and Pagans have anything in common?

Why is Halloween, an evening traditionally used to honour the deceased, now associated with all things spooky and gruesome? 

Has your local supermarket taken on a sinister appearance lately? Are you confronted by animated witches and goulish sound effects as you try to find your way to the bread aisle? Why are seasonal displays becoming more elaborate each year and how do they benefit business?

According to mathematics we'd all die in a zombie apocalypse but nature and computer science offer us more optimistic outcomes. 

From The Walking Dead to Call Of Duty WWII, zombies are everywhere. Join us on an exploration of the undead amongst us...

Algorithms make the world go round. Can you master them to capture the fabled Jewels of Heuro and escape the Temple of Algoritmo alive?

An uncertain world. Can systems thinking free us from fear? Simon Bell & Charles Cutting's graphic novel asks the question.

Research into brain activity when we're scared may point the way to overcoming fear.

Recoil at the number 13? Scream at spiders? At some point, we all get scared. But why, and how? This article explores the science behind fear.

Does magic only exist in the wizarding world for the likes of Harry Potter? Dr Sara MacKian explores all the enchantment and spiritualities of our muggle-filled land.

Western culture can't seem to shake off portraying women as witches. Dr Chloé Germaine Buckley wonders why.

With the release of Stephen King's 'It' and the terrifying character Pennywise we look back on this article, published last year, questioning why we are scared by the faces clowns pull.

Stephanie Forward outlines the life and legacy of the author of 'Frankenstein', Mary Shelley.

How Ken Russell’s Gothic reinstates the missing woman at the Villa Diodati.

What does Christopher Marlowe's Doctor Faustus tell us about the author and the time at which the play was written? This free course, Christopher Marlowe, Doctor Faustus, will help you to discover the intricacies of the play and recognise how a knowledge of the historical and political background of the time can lead to a very different ...

How Ken Russell’s Gothic foregoes radical politics in favour of sex and necromancy.

In this free course, Delacroix, you will be introduced to a variety of Delacroix's work and will see how his paintings relate to the cultural transition from Enlightenment to Romanticism. You will study Delacroix's early career, his classical background, the development of Romantic ideas and their incorporation into his work. You will have the ...

This free course, Art in Renaissance Venice, considers the art of Renaissance Venice and how such art was determined in many ways by the city's geographical location and ethnically diverse population. Studying Venice and its art offers a challenge to the conventional notion of Renaissance art as an entirely Italian phenomenon.