Professor Andrew Hussey , cultural historian at the School of Advanced Study, University of London, interviews the French author Christophe Guilluy in the New Statesman ‘long reads’ article ‘ The elites against the working class ’.

Professor Sarah Churchwell’s involvement with this year's THE Live event (27–28 November) is highlighted in the Times Higher Education magazine (behind a paywall). The London-based summit will feature leading academics and higher education experts debating how UK universities can ‘change the story’. Professor Churchwell is the School of Advanced Study’s ( SAS ) public engagement chair and professorial fellow in American literature at its Institute of English Studies ( IES ). 

The recording of a talk, ‘Information at War – the Ministry of Information, 1936–1946’ given by Simon Eliot (professor emeritus at the Institute of English Studies ), at The National Archives (TNA) is now available online . It formed part of TNA’s summer series exploring the theme ‘State and society: cultures of communication’.

Professor Henning Melber , senior research fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies ( ICWS ), looks at the relationship between Germany and Namibia in The Conversation article ‘Has the relationship between Namibia and Germany sunk to a new low? ’.