In Memoriam: William St Clair

Our Chairman, William St Clair, died on the evening of 30th June 2021. In this post we share tributes that have been given in his honour. Rest in peace William; you will be greatly missed.

1,000 pages of evidence for conservation actions

Read more about this week's publication: the sixth edition of Conservation Evidence’s flagship publication, 'What Works in Conservation', is now available to read and download for free.

The Middle is Marching: Adam Roberts, on reading George Eliot’s 'Middlemarch'

Adam Roberts, author of 'Middlemarch: Epigraphs and Mirrors', on reading George Eliot’s 'Middlemarch'

Autism and Ethics: The Stories We Tell

Read Flora Kann Szpirglas' reflections on Kristien Hens' latest title 'Towards an Ethics of Autism: A Philosophical Exploration'.

How To Read Russian Literature Backwards

Did you know that Voltaire plagiarized Conan Doyle? Or that Shakespeare nicked T.S. Eliot’s best ideas? Plagiarism by anticipation is both quaintly ludicrous and unexpectedly fecund, overturning familiar notions of literary adaptation (and anxiety of influence).