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October 22, 2024 Darius von Guttner Sporzynski, _Australian Catholic University_; Magdalena Biniaś-Szkopek, _Adam Mickiewicz University_, and Robert Tomczak, _Adam Mickiewicz University_
Elizabeth of Austria, hailed the ‘mother of kings’, is still remembered more for her supposed lack of beauty than for her political legacy. September 26, 2024 Marisa Sittheeamorn, _The
Conversation_ and Vinita Srivastava, _The Conversation_ This playlist of podcast episodes invites listeners to engage in learning and unlearning; to acknowledge the tragic legacies of
residential schools and to move beyond a single day of remembrance. September 18, 2024 Glenn Fosbraey, _University of Winchester_ Linkin Park are by no means the first band to enter a second
phase after the loss of their lead singer. Here are three other notable examples. November 14, 2023 Bill Sullivan, _Indiana University_ Researchers successfully treated diabetes in mice by
engineering cells to make insulin in response to the music of Queen. August 23, 2023 Liz Giuffre, _University of Technology Sydney_ It was reported this week that Queen’s song Fat Bottomed
Girls has not been included in a greatest hits compilation aimed at children – presumably because of the lyrics. September 30, 2022 Marc Trabsky, _La Trobe University_ In the 19th century,
‘old age’ was once a leading cause of death, alongside the vague description ‘found dead’. September 21, 2022 Cynthia Sear, _The University of Melbourne_ and Andrew Dawson, _The University
of Melbourne_ Appeals to social organisation are about knowing one’s place, a particularly English preoccupation. September 9, 2022 Sarah Wayland, _University of New England_ Grieving the
queen’s passing can be different to grieving the loss of someone we were close to. It’s also complicated by politics, colonialism and the contest about who she really was. June 1, 2022 Mona
Moufahim, _University of Stirling_; Christopher Pich, _Nottingham Trent University_, and Ines Branco-Illodo, _University of Stirling_ Giving gifts make people feel closer to the Queen and
the royal family. November 25, 2021 Stephen Langston, _University of the West of Scotland_ Beyond just his music, Freddie Mercury’s performances, style, and fluidity influenced both his
generation and those that followed. November 24, 2021 Leigh Carriage, _Southern Cross University_ He fearlessly pushed at artistic boundaries, and believed in the spontaneity of live
performance; Freddie Mercury’s legend continues. August 29, 2019 Anne Twomey, _University of Sydney_ Proroguing the parliament for five weeks at a crucial time may prove to be a masterstroke
in ensuring a no-deal Brexit. February 22, 2019 Laurie Marhoefer, _University of Washington_ In the film, the real tensions of gay life in the 1980s – from government apathy towards the
AIDS crisis, to rampant anti-gay prejudice – don’t get their due. November 3, 2018 Vasudha Narayanan, _University of Florida_ Born Farrokh Bulsara, Mercury came from a Parsi family that
practiced Zoroastrianism, a religion that influenced Judaism, Christianity and Islam. April 18, 2018 Sean Lang, _Anglia Ruskin University_ The Queen has been central to the achievements of
the Commonwealth. Her son can do the same, if he stops being quite so petulant about it. October 17, 2022 Bede Harris, _Charles Sturt University_ Many of the questions that would arise if
Australia wants to become a republic have been successfully tackled elsewhere. October 7, 2016 David Francis Taylor, _University of Warwick_ British society takes monarchy far more seriously
than they did two centuries ago. Far too seriously. September 9, 2015 Chris Rojek, _City St George's, University of London_ The Queen has now been on the throne for 63 years and 217
days. As the embodiment of Britain, it has been certainly been a role that’s out of the ordinary. December 20, 2011 David Flint, _University of Technology Sydney_ Nicola Roxon, sworn in last
week as the first law officer of the Australian Crown, reportedly plans to reignite the debate on Australia becoming a republic. Former prime minister, Paul Keating has also… October 26,
2011 Michael Bennett, _University of Tasmania_ UPDATE: Commonwealth leaders have now agreed that laws will be changed to allow sons and daughters of any future British monarch to have equal
right to the throne. The ban on the head of state marrying…