This week we throw the spotlight on the five projects and lead researchers that have been nominated for the best research category as part of the Arts & Humanities Research Council and Wellcome Trust’s Health Humanities Medal 2018.
Read more about Spotlight on: the Best Research award nominations
These nominees all illustrate the scale and international scope of work being led by researchers in the UK.
Read more about Spotlight on: the Best International Research award
Discover more about the five projects that have been shortlisted for the ‘Inspiration Award’ as part of the AHRC and Wellcome Trust’s Health Humanities Medal 2018.
Read more about Spotlight on: Inspiration Award nominations
The arts and humanities can be a route towards better health - as these remarkable projects show.
Read more about Spotlight on: Best doctoral or early career research nominations
Read more about Spotlight on...the Inspiration Award (public category)
Why mending is much more than making do
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The winners of the inaugural Health Humanities Medal were announced yesterday during a parliamentary reception to celebrate their achievements
Read more about Showcasing the arts and humanities as a route towards better health
It’s been over a year since 'Boaty McBoatface' first made an appearance across social media, but oddly-named ships are not just a phenomenon of twenty-first-century social media. Professor Craig Lambert, expert in historical shipping, tells us more.
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A two volume encyclopaedia of Shakespeare's language will look at individual words and expressions and the patterns of his words.
Read more about Shakespeare's Language
We’ve been celebrating Shakespeare’s 450th birthday week with fun, festivals, exhibitions – and the launch of an improbably epic tour of Hamlet from the Globe in London “to every country in the world” and back.
Read more about Shakespeare's Globe - why the Bard travels so well