Professor Miles Tayler, the Institute of Historical Research’s ( IHR ) former director, explains in BBC History Magazine that Abdul Karim, inspiration behind the film Victoria and Abdul, was not the only Indian to find favour at Victoria's court. In his article Queen Victoria’s Indians (behind a paywall) he profiles some of those who made the journey to the heart of the empire.

The Information Law and Policy Centre ( ILPC ) at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies ( IALS ) is name checked in the Spear’s Magazine article ‘ A turning point in digital immorality ’. It debates the possibility of new intestacy and privacy laws coming into force to help us assert control over our digital footprint after death. It also highlights ILPC’s response to the House of Lords Select Committee on Communications’ call for evidence for its consultation on 'The internet: to regulate or not to regulate'.

Dr Asa Cusack, associate fellow at the Institute of Latin American Studies ( ILAS ), analyses the complex roots of Venezuela’s long-running crisis for Mexico’s largest newspaper El Universal (in Spanish).

Behold America: a History of America First and the American Dream by Sarah Churchwell (public engagement chair and professorial fellow in American literature at the Institute of English Studies ) is discussed in the New York magazine.