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University of Birmingham climate play set for Edinburgh Fringe Festival run
The production of 'We Love and then We Drown', written by Professor Ruth Gilligan, was funded by the University's Public and Community Engagement team.
- Published: 7 May 2026
“We’re expected, if not forced, to be so visible and to live so publicly”
Professor Luke Kennard discusses his writing career, why he’ll never stop being an absurdist and how his new novel is a rejection of demands on modern artists.
- Published: 24 April 2026
One minute movie and sixty word story competitions 2026
2026 competitions information
- Published: 12 February 2026
Poetry, prophecy and The Book of Jonah: Professor Luke Kennard's Inaugural Lecture
Professor Kennard discusses the research and thinking that led to his seventh poetry collection, The Book of Jonah.
- Published: 30 January 2026
From Edgbaston to Inverness – working on set at The Traitors
Elizabeth McGlynn graduated from Birmingham in 2023. Since then she's been working in television – including BBC One's The Traitors
- Published: 8 January 2026
An evening at Birmingham Film Festival
This year the University of Birmingham was an official sponsor for the Birmingham Film Festival.
- Published: 16 December 2025
"If science tells us what is happening to the planet, art helps us feel it"
Dr Isabel Galleymore reflects on the burgeoning literary form of ecopoetry, and how her writing explores the tensions in our relationships with nature.
- Published: 27 October 2025
Considering the impacts of media representations of asexuality
To mark Asexual Awareness Week (Ace Week), PhD researcher Rebecca Humphreys-Lamford explores the importance of asexual media representation.
- Published: 20 October 2025