Kane from Canada
George Kane grew up on a farm in the North American plains before coming to UCL in 1938 to write his PhD thesis. A new memoir, written by Jane Roberts with George's daughter Mary Kane looks into his fascinating life, including his years as a German prisoner of war.
Cross-cultural afterlife of classical sites
Dr Valeria Vitale and Dr Gabriel Bodard explain the research behind the Cross-cultural After-Life of Classical Sites project, which aimed to extend our knowledge of the cultural complexity of many classical sites
The King of King's Cross
Dr Philip Carter considers the life of Henry Croft – founder of the Pearly Kings, and a late-Victorian resident of King’s Cross – who features in the development's marketing campaign
Wartime propaganda that ran its own Cool Britannia
Dr Christopher Bannister discusses his recent discovery during his research into the activities of the MoI in Latin America
Putting YOUR London on the map
The Layers of London project aims to create a platform for everyone to add information about the London they know.
Rediscovering the first film based on F Scott Fitzgerald’s work
Martina Mastandrea explains how she rediscovered the first and only extant silent film entirely based on the author’s work
Born-digital big data and approaches for arts and humanities research
What kinds of questions will big data allow us to ask and answer? How can we ensure this material is collected and preserved in such a way that it meets the requirement of humanities researchers? These are two of the questions addressed by a 12-month ‘Born-digital big data’ international research project led by Jane Winters
Unsettling communities
How can research in modern languages help us understand the relationship between languages and communities – and what role can it play in improving community formation? It’s the theme running through a major research project in which the Institute of Modern Languages Research is playing a central role.