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On Tolerance: A Defence of Moral Independence
Freedom withers if a culture of 'therapeutic censorship' flourishes, argues Mary Warnock
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A Martian Stranded on Earth: Alexander Bogdanov, Blood Transfusions, and Proletarian Science
Adept interlacing of three aspects of an influential Russian polymath impresses Yvonne Howell
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Sex, Wives, and Warriors: Reading Biblical Narrative with its Ancient Audience
Although the Bible is recognised globally as a fundamentally formative part of our culture, many people are increasingly unfamiliar with its stories. This refreshing rereading of some of the Bible's...
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Number-Crunching: Taming Unruly Computational Problems from Mathematical Physics to Science Fiction
I was just about to deliver this review of Number-Crunching by Paul Nahin, the electrical engineer and prolific popular science writer, when two news stories within 24 hours caused me to opt for a...
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The Arab Revolution: Ten Lessons from the Democratic Uprising
It may be too early for fresh scholarly insights on the Middle East uprisings, says Madawi Al-Rasheed
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The Strange Non-Death of Neoliberalism
Kevin Young assesses a persuasive analysis of the staying power of market-driven economics
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Milk: A Local and Global History
The history of humanity's engagement with milk is as much one of fear and revulsion as it is of pleasure and nutrition. For the Greeks and Romans, milk was for infants or to be poured on altars as...
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The Grand Chorus of Complaint: Authors and the Business Ethics of American Publishing
The great literary question in the period between the American Revolution and the Civil War concerned the morality of the emerging and powerful publishing industry. Here, Michael Everton explores the...
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Doctor Who's defining dimension is loss
Despite its sci fi-action trappings, Doctor Who is tinged with sadness, says Will Brooker. When you travel the vortex, time is the only constant companion
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Diary
LiverpoolThe Resistible Rise of Arturo UiIn 1930s Chicago, small-time crime boss Arturo Ui and his men can provide protection - for workers, businesses and jobs. As the Great Depression hits the city...
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The Pick - Museum Show: Part 1
Recycled material: Museo Aero Solar set to soarMuseum Show: Part 1BristolMuseums have such power to determine what is important and what is not that many artists have been tempted to create mini-...
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Hello and goodbye
As usual at this time of the academic year, we are pleased to provide a transcript of our vice-chancellor's official speech of welcome to all our new students."I'm very pleased and indeed honoured to...
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Research intelligence - There's a lot more to it than that
Advocates say 'enriched content' represents the future of the scholarly article. Andy Wright reports
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Off Piste - Ticket to glide
Circling hilltop castles and seeking out thermals, occasionally shadowed by a sociable buzzard - Paul Nurse attests to the joys of taking to the skies on the slenderest of wings