The gaeilgeoir (Irish-speaking) Belfast hip-hop trio Kneecap, whose aggressive, funny, scabrous music has sparked controversy and enthusiasm on both sides of the Irish border and beyond it, recently... READ MORE
At MUP we care about sustainable publishing practices, so we’re thinking about what we do as well as how we do it. To help raise awareness of the climate emergency we are all facing, we have put... READ MORE
Independent Bookselling in 2022 by Jonathan Moreland Independent bookselling has traversed an uncertain path over the last two decades. Things were not looking good between 1999 and 2009, when the... READ MORE
Not Just a Bookshop by Grey Marlow Working at Queer Lit has shown me that independent bookshops are more important than ever, they are not just a bookshop but a community hub. Bookshops offer a space... READ MORE
To celebrate Independent Bookshop Week (18 – 25th June), an annual celebration of our local, independent bookshops and booksellers, we asked the authors of some of our recent and forthcoming... READ MORE
To mark the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations (SHAFR) annual meeting taking place online and in-person in New Orleans this month, we’ve compiled this reading list of our... READ MORE
According to Zymunt Bauman, fear is âthe most sinister of the demons nesting in the open societies of our timeâ. Bauman locates fear as a central component of contemporary life, a consequence of... READ MORE
How does the radical left speak to wider numbers of people and win an audience for itself? Joe Strummer gave us a masterclass in how to use music and culture to convey radical ideas to masses of... READ MORE
ECRs: the challenges Open Access is becoming ever more important for researchers, research funders and readers. With limited resources available for Gold Open Access, early career researchers... READ MORE
India and South Africa, while radically different in so many ways, share the dubious distinction of being described as the ârape capitalsâ of the world. It is true that both countries feature... READ MORE