Coventry University
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Inside dissident republican groups: A new book throws light on their thinking
- Irish News
- January 26, 2019, 06:00
Historian Marisa McGlinchey found herself being assailed for comment and explanation from a number of journalistic quarters following the “New IRA” ca(...)

A voice for parents too tired to shout
- Parenting
- January 10, 2019, 06:01
The little girl with an incurable neurological condition had become too big for her cot at home and she was entitled to an electric care bed from the (...)

Battle of Clontarf: It’s a mathematical question
- Heritage
- January 24, 2018
Modern mathematical techniques – similar to those used to analyse social-networking websites – have shed new light on a centuries old debate about the(...)

The TV theme songs that make you drool with pleasure
- TV, Radio, Web
- November 25, 2017, 05:00
This week Delia Derbyshire was honoured with a posthumous PhD from Coventry University for her amazing work at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. Derbyshir(...)

Labour mounts the defences in West Midlands stronghold
- UK
- June 8, 2017, 14:22
Standing next to the naked Lady Godiva statute in Coventry, schoolteacher Steve Davis dismisses the chances of the city electing its first Conservativ(...)

How can you recreate dances from our history?
- Culture
- January 28, 2017, 05:00
In his book Envisioning Information, Edward Tufte shows how complicated timetables or rugged topography can be captured and simplified through innovat(...)

Scottish bard Ossian ‘fabricated’ from Irish mythology
- Irish News
- October 22, 2016, 01:00
A Scottish bard named Ossian who is said to have inspired French military leader Napoleon Bonaparte, English poet William Wordsworth and former US pre(...)

Forgotten siblings: living with a sibling with special needs
- Parenting
- March 15, 2016, 06:00
It’s tough to have to explain to friends that rooms in your house are locked because of your sister. And it’s not easy seeing people stare when you’r(...)