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Nicola Verdon's work on the social and economic history of the British countryside in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries focuses on rural work patterns, family life and gender relations

Our research into Bess of Hardwick’s Derbyshire residence sheds new light on the Elizabethan era.

Researcher Dani Abulhawa has helped build skateparks in the West Bank of Palestine to give young people with restricted travel a sense of freedom

Mike Harris's commissioned play From One Extreme to Another is about far-right and so-called 'Islamic' extremism and aims to open up for discussion by young people and teachers a sensitive topic

When Flash Player is deleted at the end of 2020, many important works of digital fiction will be erased. We've found an innovative, immersive way to preserve them.

Jane Rogers' novel was long-listed for the 2011 Man Booker and 2012 Portico Prize, and awarded the 2012 Arthur C Clarke Science Fiction Prize

John Ford shaped the history of theatre, but most of his work is forgotten. Professor Lisa Hopkins has staged a revival of this neglected but fascinating 17th century playwright.

Today, nearly a million Black people live in Germany. But the longer history of a Black community stretches back to the 1880s – and, until now, this story has remained largely untold.

A collection of novels which reflects the wide range of literary tastes during the period 1900–1950, consisting of some 750 novels, most in early editions, by 229 different authors

A group of internationally leading scholars working in stylistics, cognitive stylistics, narratology and empirical research