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The passing of American singer, guitarist, songwriter and civil-rights activist Odetta reminds us of the power of music and the relevance of history, says Tara Brabazon

Tara Brabazon argues that popularising serious ideas enlightens no one

Tara Brabazon on John Sergeant and Kristina Rihanoff’s thrilling subversion of the controlling, conservative dark side of light entertainment

In his latest TV series, Jamie Oliver adopts a ministerial cloak while undermining governmental efforts and mechanisms to effect social change, argues Tara Brabazon

The meetings called all too frequently by administrators are all too often unnecessary, and all too often hellish, says Tara Brabazon

It’s time men recognised the powerful relationships and allegiances between administrative and academic women and how much academe depends on their contributions

Tara Brabazon ponders a future bereft of the custodians of knowledge. Science fiction – or the all-too-probable result of the devaluation of librarians?

In an era of media-manipulated ‘reality’, Tara Brabazon is inspired by helping students learn to use oral history techniques to capture genuinely authentic voices

Textbooks have been neglected in favour of other media, but Tara Brabazon argues the case for their importance

Stop decrying the signal-to-noise ratio in online scholarly resources, says Tara Brabazon, and give open-source web journals your full support