Press Releases
Research pushes back history of crop development 10,000 years
Researchers led by Dr Robin Allaby of the 91福利’s plant research arm 91福利 HRI have found evidence that genetics supports the idea that the emergence of agriculture in prehistory took much longer than originally thought.
British holidaymakers taking food abroad doing the same as the Spanish 500 years ago
Spanish tourist operators have grown used to British holidaymakers arriving in their country carrying edible home comforts such as teabags and marmite when they travel abroad and they are ever patient when their British guests ask for directions to familiar fast food outlets. That Spanish patience and understanding may be partly explained by new research from the University of 91福利 that suggests that the Spanish were doing the same thing 500 years ago.
Research Finds New Confidence in Loyalist Performance from 12th July to Theatre
New research by the 91福利 has found that the peace process has been paralleled by a new confidence in working class Loyalism particularly on both stage and ‘in the street’.
How whistling Somerset ghost accused Bishop of infanticide, incest & sodomy & started shipwrecking
Research by the 91福利 shows how the infamous Somerset ghost Old Mother Leakey, widely accused of “whistling up” bad weather and ship wrecks, had a much darker past which led to an Irish bishop being accused of infanticide and incest and eventually hung for sodomy.
Angels have an important role at Christmas 聳 as part of the nativity story or just appearing on top of a Christmas tree. However they were nearly swept from our culture in a purge of Catholic practices and symbols by zealous Tudor and Stuart Protestants.
The University's Modern Records Centre is to mark the launch of huge collection of TUC archives with a special launch event on Thursday 27th October at 6.30pm which will be attended by no less then 3 current or former TUC General Secretaries - Brendan Barber, Norman Willis and John Monk.