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Nicaraguan flag waving in front of historical colonial buildings

5 August 2026

Daniel Ortega of Nicaragua plans to scrap elections – what that says about today’s autocrats

31 July 2026

What the lotus flower reveals about veteran PTSD in Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey

Cave site of Latnija in the northern Mellieħa region of Malta that has revealed evidence for over 1000 years of forager occupations © Huw Groucutt

28 July 2026

Earliest Mediterranean long-distance sea journeys were sustained over at least a millennium

Metropolitan policeman on duty in front of 10 Downing Street

21 July 2026

No lectern and the promise of a ‘new model’ – what we can learn from Andy Burnham’s speech

10 July 2026

John McGahern Annual Book Prize shortlist celebrates best Irish debuts

2 July 2026

Acclaimed festival celebrating Samuel Beckett returns for third instalment

researcher standing over a table examining artefacts

25 June 2026

A new era for Garstang collections: Liverpool opens cutting-edge research hub

9 June 2026

Archaeologist contributes chapter to latest book from Professor Alice Roberts

Three little boys shelter from the sun under a battered umbrella during London's summer heatwave.

22 May 2026

How London, Paris and New York coped in the heatwaves of the past

12 May 2026

Politics researcher collaborates on new policy briefs exploring authoritarianism

Llamas crossing the Miscanti Lagoon in the Atacama Desert, Chile

7 May 2026

New scholarships to support year abroad opportunities for language and culture students

Dr Lybeck in clown costume interacts with audience in outdoor setting

6 May 2026

University researcher takes centre stage at Southport’s Big Top Festival

30 April 2026

Leading centre studying international slavery marks 20-year milestone

A long-exposure photo of a mosquito – the main vector of malaria – in flight

24 April 2026

Early humans avoided malaria, shaping distribution of populations

Explosion, nuclear bomb test in a deserted steppe

20 April 2026

What secret report reveals about British nuclear weapons tests – veterans claimed they were harmed by the fallout

Artwork 139 My Body is a Sundial - sunlight shining through stained glass panels

17 April 2026

Liverpool humanities research in spotlight at Saatchi Gallery

Two women talking to a table of people at an event.

17 March 2026

Collaborative research with Queens College, City University of New York, investigates the relationship between urban heat and health

Student standing on a high rock with Catalonian mountain range in background

9 March 2026

Postcard: A voyage through the Països Catalans

A close up of ballot papers being counted during an election

3 March 2026

Victory in Gorton and Denton is historic for the Greens – and cataclysmic for Britain’s two‑party politics

Symposium attendees standing outside The Indian Institute of Heritage building

26 February 2026

Liverpool–India partnership strengthens research on military cultural heritage