Opinion – The Bridge

20 September 2023

The future of PPE

One of my main memories of studying Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Hertford during the early 90s was having to decide which of the numerous..

17 May 2023

Confronting the British Minotaur in the Cretan Labyrinth: Minos Kalokairinos and Arthur Evans at Knossos

The Ashmolean Museum’s temporary exhibition Labyrinth: Knossos, Myth and Reality transports one through history and archaeology to investigate the legend of the labyrinth and its..

22 April 2023

Earth Day 2023: The Titanic is about to hit the iceberg; we should be working out how to stop the collision

This Q&A was written by Professor Anette Mikes and Dr Steve New, both fellows at Hertford, as part of a paper they co-wrote for The..

22 April 2023

Earth Day 2023: Extreme weather in the UK – will it become the norm?

An image of a stormu sky with dark clouds and lightening.

8 March 2023

IWD 2023: Alma Mater and Mother Nature

A feature by author, playwright and screenwriter Laline Paull for International Women’s Day, March 8 2023 A few days ago, the UN High Seas Treaty..

Opinion

2 March 2023

The hert-felt book swap

By Katherine Knight, Assistant Librarian My favourite book is any which can fit in a pocket. This isn’t just a sign of my diminishing attention..

13 February 2023

Sappho: Songs and Poems / translated from the Greek (by) Chris Preddle.

Chris Preddle, Modern Languages, 1962

Opinion

17 November 2022

Why Trans Day of Remembrance (20th November 2022) Matters

We are very lucky to live in a corner of the world where most people live free from physical, mental, and emotional violence. Having this..

Opinion

11 November 2022

Equalities Week at Hertford College – What’s on the Equality Week display at Hertford Library?

It’s equalities week here at Hertford College and our Library Team is proud to be supporting with their display of books from their Liberation Collection..

10 October 2022

Flood warnings that don’t break the banks

Linda Speight is a hydrometeorologist at the School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford whose research seeks to develop early warning systems to improve disaster risk management, particularly for flooding. She is interested in global flood forecasting, surface water flood forecasting, ensemble forecasts, impact-based forecasts, risk communication, decision making and climate resilience.

Opinion

6 October 2022

Reimagining governance for the 21st century

Matthew J. Quinn (Lit. Hum., 1982) Matthew is the former Director for Environment and Sustainable Development in Welsh Government where he oversaw the Well-being of Future Generations and Environment Acts and the creation of Natural Resources Wales. He holds a Distinguished Visiting Fellowship at Cardiff University. Towards a new civic bureaucracy: lessons from sustainable development for the crisis of governance was published by Policy Press in February 2020. Policy Press | Towards a New Civic Bureaucracy - Lessons from Sustainable Development for the Crisis of Governance, By Matthew J. Quinn (bristoluniversitypress.co.uk)