Katie Barclay – The Conversation

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February 12, 2026

What makes the perfect passionate kiss? 5 tips from history

Katie Barclay, Macquarie University

Ever since medieval Christians smooshed their mouths together during worship, the kiss has remained a hot topic.

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February 13, 2025

X has been used to represent love and kisses for centuries. But how did it start?

Katie Barclay, Macquarie University

While the origins of the cross as a kiss are still debated, the answer likely lies in the letters of working-class lovers like these.

Cities are places of integration, intense population pressures, migration flows, cultural interactions and variations in socio-economic positioning and values. But what makes them liveable? Mick Tsikas/Reuters

October 27, 2015

Liveable cities: who decides what that means and how we achieve it?

Merridee L. Bailey, University of Adelaide; Amy Milka, University of Adelaide; Craig Lyons, University of Sydney; David Lemmings, University of Adelaide; Gordon Raeburn, The University of Melbourne; Katie Barclay, University of Adelaide; Roger Patulny, University of Wollongong, and Thomas Bristow, The University of Melbourne

A liveable city has become the highest form of praise we can give to a city space. But we need to discuss what that means and who gets to participate in the process of governing and shaping a city.

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