Sarah Churchwell, professor of American literature and chair of public understanding of the humanities in the School of Advanced Study, has been longlisted for the Orwell Prize for Journalism for her writing on the former US president Donald Trump and the history of fascism in America. Professor Churchwell is a regular contributor to newspapers including the Guardian , New Statesman , Financial Times , Times Literary Supplement , and New York Review of Books . Her most recent book is  Behold, America: a History of America First and the American Dream .

Most of us know one of the main symptoms of Covid-19 is the temporary loss of the sense of taste and smell (anosmia) with two-thirds of sufferers reporting experiencing it. But two in five report that six months after the infection they still suffer from anosmia, or reduced sense of smell (hyposmia). Worse, one in five of these long-term cases describe familiar and usually pleasant smells such as coffee or frying onions smelling like vomit or sewage (parosmia). And for some these awful smells can linger for most of the day.

Committee to conduct an inquiry into the future of Commonwealth studies at the University of London.  The creation of the committee, chaired by Sir Malcolm Rifkind, former UK foreign secretary, was announced in late 2020 following consultation about the future of the  Institute of Commonwealth Studies  at the university’s School of Advanced Study. The full membership of the committee is  Sir Malcolm Rifkind (chair), former UK secretary of state for foreign and Commonwealth affairs