Words by Caroline Matthews We’ve all received those messages from friends telling us to search for something in Google: ‘French military victories’ famously returned nil results, alongside the tongue-in-cheek message ‘Did you mean, ‘French Military Defeats’?’. Another time, Google Maps issued directions from China to Japan including the unlikely instruction to ‘swim across the Pacific…

 Words by Neil Harrison ‘Humanities In Public’ (HiP) Inaugural Lecture: Professor Steven Miles. As part of the Institute of Humanities and Social Science Research’s new ‘Humanities In Public‘ programme, prominent Sociologist and Editor of the Journal of Consumer Culture, Professor Steven Miles, gave his inaugural lecture at MMU earlier this week.   The lecture, entitled,…

Words by Moiza Butt As a young girl, I loved nothing more than watching a Bollywood film with my family. In the 90’s, Bollywood was at its peak, with interesting new films every week. They are now the classics we all love to watch and talk about. Growing older, my interest in Bollywood fizzled out…

Words by Kevin Danson The mid nineties opened the jaws of many children in awe as the wireless telephone, what we today call the ‘Mobile’, was being introduced to our homes. I remember the day my Dad walked into the living room and placed this block of au courant technology next to our very small…