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Back to the Future and a Philosophical can-can

In honour of Back to the Future Day tomorrow, Jonathan Tallant from our Department of Philosophy considers a key conundrum of Marty McFly’s adventures in time. I suspect that you know the story. Our hero, Marty McFly, is sent to the 1950s via the scientific shenanigans of his good friend Doc Brown. Whilst in the …

Nina Allan on clocks, watches and time travel

British Science-fiction author Nina Allan explains the inspiration behind her award-winning collection of short stories, ‘The Silver Wind’. ‘The Silver Wind’ consists of six interlinked stories. All are on the theme of time travel, or travelling through time. Although each of these separate ‘chapters’ can be read as a standalone story, I have always thought …