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Professor Richard Lance Keeble, Acting Head of the Lincoln School of Journalism, finds that – while maverick US Republican contender Ron Paul remains largely ignored by the mainstream media on both sides of the A […]

Professor Richard Lance Keeble, Acting Head of the Lincoln School of Journalism, witnessed a remarkable, newsy event high above the Lincolnshire Wolds at the weekend – and its later media coverage was highly i […]

Revelations that David Cameron went riding with the husband of former Sun editor Rebekah Brooks on a pensioned-off police horse caused a predictable furore last week. Professor John Tulloch, head of the Lincoln […]

Research by Claire Markham at the University of Lincoln is providing new evidence about our social and cultural attachments to rural pubs:

This week (Thursday 1st March) the IPPR published the second edition of […]

Following the tragic death of war correspondent Marie Colvin, Professor Richard Lance Keeble, Acting Head of the Lincoln School of Journalism, examines the political factors behind the general reporting of […]

Professor Richard Lance Keeble, Acting Head of the Lincoln School of Journalism, examines the media representation of rapes in the US and UK armies – and, behind the rhetoric, discovers some troubling facts: In the US, three men and 25 women have issued a lawsuit blaming former defence secretaries Donald Rumsfeld and Robert Gates for permitting [...]

Professor Richard Lance Keeble, Acting Head of the Lincoln School of Journalism, recalls his interview with David Astor, the legendary editor of The Observer, about George Orwell’s war reporting – and possible links with intelligence: I was always determined to interview David Astor, the legendary editor (from 1948-1975) of The Observer which is j…[Read more]

Dr David Gray, Senior Lecturer in Lincoln Business School, considers how the economic problems now facing Italy echo events from a year ago: Politics in Greece and Italy are subject to the general malaise found in much of the troubled world. With wafer thin majorities and facing intransigent, vested interests, Papandreou and Berlusconi seem…[Read more]

Dr Andrew Defty, Senior Lecturer in Politics in the School of Social Sciences at the University of Lincoln, asks whether the real MI5 will miss its fictional counterpart now the BBC drama Spooks has come to an end: As the BBC drama Spooks drew to a close last night one might be left wondering whether the real intelligence and [...]

Catherine Bochel, Principal Lecturer in Policy Studies at the University of Lincoln, provides an update on her recent post about petitions: The Backbench Business Committee has received support from backbench Members of Parliament to debate issues relating to the first two petitions to reach the 100,000 signature threshold. These relate to…[Read more]

Catherine Bochel, Principal Lecturer in the School of Social Sciences at the University of Lincoln, looks at whether the Coalition’s new e-petitions system really will offer a fresh means for people to influence government policy: The new e-petitions system launched by the Coalition government in August 2011 has attracted a lot of attention. Sir…[Read more]

Every year on GCSE results day comes the cry that education has been dumbed down. So Barnie Choudhury from the University of Lincoln’s School of Journalism has decided to see whether it’s true in what some might describe as a masochistic experiment. Every so often, in times of stress, I dream that I’m back to my [...]

Richard Voase from the Lincoln Business School ponders the relationship between people and brands in light of the looting seen in some English cities this week: I write about the recent rioting and looting in English cities. Crowds, networked by mobile communication technology and in that sense cybernetic, and with a yet-to-be-fathomed disregard…[Read more]

Now that the riots up and down the country have all but fizzled out what should happen next? The Lincoln School of Journalism’s Barnie Choudhury reported for the BBC on the Northern Riots in 2001. In this personal blog, Barnie gives his thoughts: Flames engulfing the vehicles and the roar of violence lights up the summer [...]

Dr Angus Nurse, Research Fellow in the Lincoln Law School, says that the Law Commission’s proposals to reform the public sector Ombudsmen make a significant contribution to access to justice and we should be championing their implementation: There has been much criticism of the Government’s reform of the civil justice system and proposals to red…[Read more]

Dr Andrew Defty from the School of Social Sciences looks at another important but little publicised story about parliamentary power which emerged this week: In the furore surrounding yesterday’s remarkable assertion of parliamentary power over the media, another potentially significant addition to parliamentary power slipped by almost unnoticed. Y…[Read more]

With the demise of the News of the World, it was predictable that the News International scandal would spread to other newspaper titles in the group.  Professor John Tulloch, Head of the Lincoln School of Journalism, reflects on the latest revelations about privacy intrusion,  ‘blagging’ and ex-Prime Minister, Gordon Brown: As if the crisis could …[Read more]

Professor Richard Lance Keeble, Acting Head of the Lincoln School of Journalism, finds most intriguing the prominent display of a quotation by George Orwell in the final “Thank you and goodbye” edition of the News of the World: One of the most intriguing aspects of the News of the World’s final issue on 10 July was its prominent [...]

Dr Angus Nurse, Research Fellow in the Lincoln Law School, considers the current state of UK wildlife law: While many campaigners argue for stronger wildlife laws and a more punitive regime, the reality is that wildlife laws are broadly sufficient, given their purpose as conservation rather than criminal justice legislation.  The real problem is …[Read more]

Dr David Gray, Senior Lecturer in Economics at the Lincoln Business School, examines the implications of the Government’s higher education White Paper: This week, the Coalition published a White Paper on universities. Perhaps as a punishment for the dash for £9,000 fees, the main platform of the bill was to force universities further down the market [...]