The BBC National Short Story Award with Cambridge University (NSSA) today announced the editor of the Times Literary Supplement, Stig Abell, as their new Chair of Judges after TV presenter Mel Giedroyc stood down due to unforeseen work commitments. Abell, a double first in English from Emmanuel College, Cambridge, is a...

Produced in collaboration with ICE's Academic Director for Archaeology, Dr Gilly Carr , 'On British Soil: Victims of Nazi Persecution in the Channel Islands' runs until 9 February 2018 at the Wiener Library, London. Thousands of people, including slave labourers, political prisoners and Jews, were persecuted during the...

Do you use the A14? Perhaps you live nearby, use it to get to work, or are part of the construction team working on the A14 improvement scheme? Then the A14 Writer in Residence wants to hear from you! Daisy Johnson, a librarian, children’s writer and blogger from York, will take up this unique new role on 6 September. The...

The Anglo-Saxon Fenland , the latest book by Dr Susan Oosthuizen, Reader in Medieval Archaeology at ICE, has just been published. It unexpectedly reveals a traditional landscape managed by relatively prosperous communities who lived in stable societies into which newcomers from north-west Europe were absorbed. The 'dark' ages have finally stumbled into the light.