Industry season four exposes the Faustian bargain of modern work culturePeter Watt, Lancaster University
Ali Smith’s Glyph is an exhilarating and excoriating follow-up to GliffSarah Annes Brown, Anglia Ruskin University
Under Salt Marsh: detective drama uses the Welsh coast to explore climate anxietySarah Olive, Aston University
How much can we really know about Jane Austen? Experts answer your questionsAnna Walker, The Conversation
It’s easy making green: Muppets continue to make a profit 50 years into their runJared Bahir Browsh, University of Colorado Boulder
Saipan: Roy Keane World Cup drama is a highly entertaining slice of Irish football historyLaura O'Flanagan, Dublin City University
Saipan: the story behind Roy Keane’s World Cup walkout on Ireland’s football teamBrian Thornton, University of Winchester
After the Quake: an ambitious adaptation of Haruki Murakami’s stories born from the 1995 Kobe earthquakeThomas Caffrey, Dublin City University
How two acclaimed US films reveal the failures of leftwing revolutionary politicsGregory Frame, University of Nottingham
On Being Ill at 100: Virginia Woolf’s ‘best essay’ still shapes how we read sicknessLucyl Harrison, University of Hull
Robert Burns and Mary, Queen of Scots: how the poet shaped the enduring cultural legacy of the executed monarchKate Kane, University of Glasgow
Come Down to a Lower Place – a Lovecraftian Korean tale about the oppression of female workers and their bodiesDebra Benita Shaw, University of East London
Netflix’s killer new Agatha Christie mystery – what to watch and see this weekJane Wright, The Conversation
A story about North Korea and Japan, an exhilarating political film and a funny spy thriller – the three best releases of 2025Anna Walker, The Conversation; Jane Wright, The Conversation, and Naomi Joseph, The Conversation
Persuasion, Paddington and Patti Smith: what to listen to, read, see and sing along to this weekJane Wright, The Conversation
Mark Carney invoked Thucydides at Davos – what people get wrong about this ancient Greek writer’s take on powerNeville Morley, University of Exeter
Mary, Queen of Scots’ last letter is going on display in 2026 – five interesting facts about her other writingEmily Hay, University of Glasgow
UK earmarks £1.5 billion in arts funding until 2030 – expert panel respondsAdam Behr, Newcastle University; Charlie Gregson, Nottingham Trent University, and Wanja Kimani, University of the Arts London
V&A East: the spirit of the 19th-century cultural campus of ‘Albertopolis’ lives onBill Sherman, School of Advanced Study, University of London
Emily Ryalls’ Divine Archives explores women’s collective and individual experiences with painJessica Mary Bradley, University of Sheffield
The Congregation: Brixton tube station’s mural of joy, resistance and communityWanja Kimani, University of the Arts London
As Marmite Morrissey returns, let’s talk about the actual musicGlenn Fosbraey, University of Winchester
Bob Weir: the Grateful Dead co-founder reinvented rhythm guitar and the art of the jamMax Bowden, University of Essex
Spotify Wrapped reminds us even our leisure time is being surveilled and soldJohn Singleton, University of Galway
By hiding their faces, metal bands maximise the emotional punch of their musicChris Waugh, Manchester Metropolitan University
Malorie Blackman’s Noughts and Crosses uses critical dystopia to challenge us to build a better futureBlanka Grzegorczyk, University of Cambridge; Manchester Metropolitan University
The story of Apollo and Daphne in Ovid’s Metamorphoses needs a new translation for the #MeToo eraAlison Habens, University of Portsmouth
Caravaggio’s Medusa: why we need to look the Gorgon in the eyeMarie-Louise Crawley, Coventry University
Animal Farm at 80: why the animals really matter in Orwell’s parable about communismCharlotte Sleigh, UCL
Why returning to sport after childbirth is tougher than it looks for triathlete mothersEleri Sian Jones, Bangor University
We studied the walking habits of young men in Cape Town and London – and debunked a mythBradley Rink, University of the Western Cape and Gina Porter, Durham University
How walking football is helping older adults stay fit, connected and competitiveIan Varley, Nottingham Trent University and Philip Hennis, Nottingham Trent University
Blood, bruises and belief: how England’s women’s rugby team embody physical and mental enduranceHelen Owton, The Open University
The BBC once made the arts ‘utterly central’ to television – 100 years later they’re almost invisibleJohn Wyver, University of Westminster
Inside Uganda’s video halls, ‘video jokers’ transform Hollywood blockbusters into local entertainmentDamien Pollard, Northumbria University, Newcastle
Why British Museum has ended 15-year Japan Tobacco deal – and what it means for future partnershipsAllen Gallagher, University of Bath; Duncan Thomas, University of Bath, and Sophie Braznell, University of Bath
After the licence fee? Three alternatives to the BBC’s current modelDeborah Wilson David, Nottingham Trent University
How romanticised images of London fog shaped the way we see polluted airMichelle Henning, University of Liverpool
How writing about places people know makes the climate crisis less abstractSam Illingworth, Edinburgh Napier University; Barbara Barrow, Lund University, and Ellen Turner, Lund University
How we created a climate change museum to inspire hope among eco-distressed studentsWilliam Finnegan, University of Oxford; Anya Gleizer, University of Oxford, and Tina Fawcett, University of Oxford
What the Beckham family feud reveals about social media and our love of ‘mess’Carolina Are, London School of Economics and Political Science
Valentino: the Italian designer who broke into French haute couture with his elegant style and signature redNaomi Braithwaite, Nottingham Trent University
I was a designer for RuneScape – its comeback reveals how old games can be rejuvenatedMatthew Holland, Anglia Ruskin University
Lily Allen’s West End Girl reflects the idea that women are becoming increasingly disaffected with menKate McNicholas Smith, University of Westminster
Walking through the North York Moors National Park – a place of adventure, conservation and healingTom Ratcliffe, York St John University
Ex Machina: could “superintelligence” challenge the idea of creativity as a uniquely human activity?Anthony Downey, Birmingham City University
