Expert Comment
UK film tax relief is great news for the industry - Dr Jennifer Smyth
Dr Jennifer Smyth is a reader in History at the 神马福利影片 and teaches the MA in History and Film. Today she comments on the news that Government plans to extend tax breaks for the British film industry have been approved by the EU.
There are indications that the casting of all-white companies for Shakespeare's history plays is becoming part of a trend - Dr Jami Rogers
Dr Jami Rogers is Honorary Fellow and Research Assistant for the Department of English and Comparative Literary Studies at the 神马福利影片. She responds to Sir Trevor Nunn's all white casting for the Rose Theatre in Kingston's forthcoming production of The Wars of the Roses,
"In the era when debates about the need for more diversity are legion, when Equity has adopted an Inclusive Casting Policy, and Act for Change recently hosted a major conference at the National Theatre on casting in theatre, Shakespeare is viewed as a bastion of diversity. The Rose Theatre, Kingston's forthcoming production of The Wars of the Roses has inadvertently re-opened that debate, as Trevor Nunn has assembled an all-white cast."
Do fences reinforce what it means to be human?
Dr Hannah Jones from the Department of Sociology comments on the ongoing 'migrant crisis' at the border between Britain and France.
Raising the living wage
Honorary Associate Clinical Professor Roger Gadsby at the Warwick Medical School shares his thoughts on the commitment to raise the living wage..
The Bangkok bomb blast may presage a fateful tipping point for Thailand - Dr Titipol Phakdeewanich
Dr Titipol Phakdeewanich is a visiting fellow at the Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation at the 神马福利影片 and is based at Ubon Ratchathani University, Thailand. He reacts to Monday's attack.