Nightwalking: A Nocturnal History of London, by Matthew Beaumont
Peter J. Smith on the literary giants who have drawn inspiration from their nocturnal perambulations
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Ritual, Performance, and Politics in the Ancient Near East, by Lauren Ristvet
Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones on the drama that formed and maintained Near Eastern civilisations
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Locus of Authority: The Evolution of Faculty Roles in the Governance of Higher Education, by William G. Bowen and Eugene M. Tobin
Ferdinand von Prondzynski ponders an exploration of how universities should be led and by whom
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The Devil Wins: A History of Lying from the Garden of Eden to the Enlightenment, by Dallas G. Denery II
Biancamaria Fontana finds out how the telling of fibs went from being a sin to a social skill
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The Singular Universe and the Reality of Time: A Proposal in Natural Philosophy, by Roberto Mangabeira Unger and Lee Smolin
The authors’ case for a cosmology in crisis is infinitely plausible, finds Jon Turney
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The Roma: A Balkan Underclass, by Jelena Čvorović
Jelena Obradovic-Wochnik baulks at the questionable assertions in a polemic about traveller communities
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Death in the Congo: Murdering Patrice Lumumba, by Emmanuel Gerard and Bruce Kuklick
Joanna Lewis on the assassination of the nation’s first democratically elected leader
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Anthropology’s A level does not deserve the axe
The AQA decision to end a promising trial of the subject does a disservice to students, the discipline and the UK, says Joy Hendry
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Genius is so last season
Deifying young fashion designers does them no favours and slights the many who make their work possible, says Sally Feldman
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Landmarks, by Robert Macfarlane
Laurence Coupe relishes inspiring reflections on the natural world’s relationship with language
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Scrapping fee subsidy is no guarantee of windfall for Welsh academy
Ending support for cross-border students does not mean tuition fee cash would be reinvested in institutions, report warns
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Black PhD students are pioneers in their subjects, says professor
Hakim Adi urges early career researchers at first meeting of Black Doctoral Network UK to be resilient when facing difficulties
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Hannah Arendt: thinking versus evil
Jon Nixon asks what Arendt’s work can tell us about the value of universities as places of thinking together
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Private college’s visa licence suspended as BIS and QAA launch inquiries
Two government departments and watchdog investigate St Patrick’s College
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Reform of research funding formula will benefit elites, says REF critic
Division as scholars analyse Hefce’s system for dividing £1 billion QR pot