Dominic Davies – The Conversation

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July 29, 2026

The ten best short novels under 150 pages – chosen by experts

Dominic Davies, City St George's, University of London; Adam Baron, Kingston University; Colleen Ballard, University of Limerick; Debra Kelly, University of Westminster; Jade King, University of Lincoln; Jenni Ramone, Nottingham Trent University; Matthew Leggatt, University of Winchester; Michael Bradshaw, University of Winchester; Sarah Olive, Aston University, and Tory Young, Anglia Ruskin University

These expert recommendations are short enough to tear through over a weekend

Joel Edgerton as Robert Grainier. Courtesy of Netflix

December 5, 2025

Dominic Davies, City St George's, University of London

The film loses the spirit of unsettling indirection that comprises the magic of the original story.

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December 1, 2025

Mathelinda Nabugodi, UCL; Andrew Dix, Loughborough University; Ankhi Mukherjee, University of Oxford; Dominic Davies, City St George's, University of London; Harsh Trivedi, University of Sheffield; Leighan M Renaud, University of Bristol; Sarah Olive, Aston University; Sarah Trott, York St John University; Torbjörn Forslid, Lund University, and Viktoriia Grivina, University of St Andrews

Many of us turn to literature to guide us through the highs and the lows of this formative time

Image from the cover of Graphic Refuge by the authors.

July 2, 2025

Dominic Davies, City St George's, University of London and Candida Rifkind, University of Winnipeg

Refugee comics disrupt a media landscape that tends to reduce migrants to either threats or victims.

A page from Under the Banner of King Death: Pirates of the Atlantic, A Graphic Novel. Courtesy of Verso Books

March 24, 2025

Dominic Davies, City St George's, University of London

Graphic novels are well-placed to bring forgotten history to life.

Some potholes are deep and cause problems for cyclists. yuriyt

June 26, 2024

Dominic Davies, City St George's, University of London

Will Labour’s pothole politics provide the meaningful infrastructure investment desperately needed in Britain?

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January 26, 2024

Dominic Davies, City St George's, University of London

Conspiracy theories about urban planning are born of a national context in which public transport provision is failing

The Lincoln Memorial as depicted in the first column of 1/6. Art by Will Rosado/Lee Loughridg, written by Alan Jenkins and Gan Golan

January 6, 2023

Dominic Davies, City St George's, University of London

Comic book creators with a history of galvanising social action on America’s streets have created a graphic novel about the US Capitol attacks.

An illustration from Ducks. Jonathan Cape

December 8, 2022

Dominic Davies, City St George's, University of London

Creative literature has a unique role to play in fighting the climate crisis, as these three graphic novels prove.