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Unpacking the university-creative economy assemblage: The discourses, dynamics and possibilities of creative R&D programmes (2025)
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The UK government's Creative Industries Sector Vision identifies the creative industries as a growth engine, supporting the state's ambition for the UK to be a global innovation hub and foregrounding the role of universities ‘to champion spin-outs’ a... Read More about Unpacking the university-creative economy assemblage: The discourses, dynamics and possibilities of creative R&D programmes.
Sowing the seeds (2025)
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Sowing the seeds: artists' books that can help bring us closer to nature
As we notice Spring edging towards summer in the northern hemisphere, and start emerging to explore the pathways forests, hedgerows and fields we can consider the ways book a... Read More about Sowing the seeds.
In-situ growth of ruby within metal jewelry structures (2025)
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This work explores the innovative in situ growth of ruby crystals within metal jewelry structures, merging artistic creativity with scientific methodology. By re-exploring historical practices where art and science coexisted, this research highlights... Read More about In-situ growth of ruby within metal jewelry structures.
Exchanges, exhibitions and experiments in colour (2025)
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This past year, I have been working on a subject that I most enjoy – colour – and it seems that many others share the same passion. In April 2024, I hosted a celebration and exploration of colour featuring an exhibition and a colour seminar.
The C... Read More about Exchanges, exhibitions and experiments in colour.
An examination of delegitimation in the activist discourse of Ghana's #FixTheCountry lead convener Oliver Barker-Vormawor (2025)
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This article examines the delegitimation strategies used by Oliver Barker-Vormawor, political activist and the lead convener of Ghana’s #FixTheCountry movement. The analysis of Barker-Vormawor’s Facebook posts reveals that he employed three main dele... Read More about An examination of delegitimation in the activist discourse of Ghana's #FixTheCountry lead convener Oliver Barker-Vormawor.
'Modern-day Tinkerer’ - A review of the Work of James Rogers (2025)
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James Rogers’ work spans many dimensions and materials, drawing inspiration from ancient oracles and cosmical networks. His use of clay and wax, plates and inks, drawing robots, and extruders reflects these influences. According to James Rogers, ever... Read More about 'Modern-day Tinkerer’ - A review of the Work of James Rogers.
The accessibility project of the Beckford Tower in Bath: A case study on tactile experiences for people with visual impairments (2025)
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Beckford’s Tower, a Grade I-listed building, and a landmark of UNESCO City of Bath’s historic heritage has stood for two centuries. Born in 1760, William Beckford was only ten years old when his father died. Consequently, he inherited an immense for... Read More about The accessibility project of the Beckford Tower in Bath: A case study on tactile experiences for people with visual impairments.
Laying Pluckley’s ghosts: Frederick Sanders and the origins of the “Most Haunted Village in England” 1939 – 1979 (2025)
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The village of Pluckley in the British county of Kent has enjoyed a reputation for being ‘the most haunted village in England’ for over seventy years. Popular books on ghosts have featured the village and its stories since the late 1960s, and the tot... Read More about Laying Pluckley’s ghosts: Frederick Sanders and the origins of the “Most Haunted Village in England” 1939 – 1979.
Glowing brilliance: A jewellery and crystal growth collaboration (2025)
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This paper documents the collaboration between industrial crystal grower BREVALOR (Switzerland) and Sofie Boons (United Kingdom) conducted as part of a Case Study set up to explore whether the collaboration between art/design (jewellery) and science... Read More about Glowing brilliance: A jewellery and crystal growth collaboration.
Language testing in awake craniotomy for brain tumor resection: A survey of current perioperative practice in the United Kingdom (2025)
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Background Language testing and mapping procedures are considered the gold standard for safe tumor resection and preservation of language and communication in patients with tumors located in an area eloquent for language, especially in the presence o... Read More about Language testing in awake craniotomy for brain tumor resection: A survey of current perioperative practice in the United Kingdom.
Daniel Spoth, Ruin and Resilience: Southern Literature and the Environment (2025)
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On the road again: Travelling with the artist’s book triennial vilnius (2025)
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Sarah Bodman speaks with Lithuanian-based artist Kestutis Vasiliunas, curator of the Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius as it celebrates its 30th year with a touring exhibition and events programme for its 10th edition, themed: “To Be”. The aim of the T... Read More about On the road again: Travelling with the artist’s book triennial vilnius.
Film genre prediction and analysis using multimodal embeddings from large models: The case of noir (2025)
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We used embeddings (numerical representations) from open-sourced language and image models to compare and contrast films in the “noir” and “neo-noir” genres with each other and with those in other genres, using as proxy sources the available plot sum... Read More about Film genre prediction and analysis using multimodal embeddings from large models: The case of noir.
Sex and the social order: Creative approaches to teaching the history of gender and sexuality in modern Britain (2025)
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As History researchers and teachers, we want our students to discover the excitement that can be found in original historical research, and in how this research can be used to make a difference in and with our communities. Teaching, research, and pub... Read More about Sex and the social order: Creative approaches to teaching the history of gender and sexuality in modern Britain.
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1944): Three perspectives on Preston Sturges and the Production Code (2025)
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In this hybrid article, the authors examine Preston Sturges’s ability to outmanoeuvre the Production Code Administration (PCA), specifically in relation to the handling of sex, pregnancy and childbirth in The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek. Our approach i... Read More about The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1944): Three perspectives on Preston Sturges and the Production Code.
“Sacred intimacies”: Sexual ambiguity and performance in My Favorite Wife (1940) (2025)
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My Favorite Wife (1940) exemplifies the more “sex suggestive” style of screwball comedy in the late 1930s, posing significant problems for the Production Code Administration (PCA). Strategies for handling taboo content onscreen depended on ambiguity,... Read More about “Sacred intimacies”: Sexual ambiguity and performance in My Favorite Wife (1940).
Convenors’ note – Biotextiles and sustainable textiles (2024)
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The environmental implications of textile practice are a critical consideration for contemporary design and research. As an industry where toxicity, pollution, waste, and resource depletion are devastating problems, alongside exploitative use of reso... Read More about Convenors’ note – Biotextiles and sustainable textiles.
Sustainable, wearable, and eco-friendly electronic textiles (2024)
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Wearable electronic textiles (e‐textiles) with embedded electronics offer promising solutions for unobtrusive, real‐time health monitoring, enhancing healthcare efficiency. However, their adoption is limited by performance and sustainability challeng... Read More about Sustainable, wearable, and eco-friendly electronic textiles.
What do policymakers need to know about harassment in the metaverse? (2024)
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As immersive technologies and spatial computing paradigms move into the mainstream, public and political interest in the metaverse is growing. In some respects, the metaverse offers an exciting view of the future, one in which a global community can... Read More about What do policymakers need to know about harassment in the metaverse?.