The Axe and the Oath: Ordinary Life in the Middle Ages
Despite the awkward translation, Helen Castor is moved by an absorbing study of medieval life
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European Governmentality: The Liberal Drift of Multilevel Governance
From the very beginning of European integration in the 1950s onwards, observers have disagreed about whether the process is driven by European states and adds to their power or, on the contrary, sets...
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Blog Theory: Feedback and Capture in the Circuits of Drive
Blog Theory brings the heavy guns of literary theory to bear on the purportedly trivial activity of blogging. The usual artillery is deployed - a bombardment of arguments from Slavoj Žižek and...
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Sinister Resonance: The Mediumship of the Listener
A sonic explorer gives Andrew Blake a new channel into the ambient soundscape and its effects on us
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The Death of Tolstoy: Russia on the Eve, Astapovo Station, 1910
Robin Feuer Miller on an admirable reassessment of the writer's strange and melodramatic death
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University of East Anglia - Online forge for wordsmiths
A renowned university creative-writing programme is joining forces with a literature development agency to launch a website to showcase new talent. The site, provisionally titled www.newwriting.net,...
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University of Brighton - House of future past rebuilt
A "house of the future" that captivated millions of television viewers is to be rebuilt on a university campus. In Channel 4's 2008 programme Grand Designs Live: The House That Kevin Built, the...
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University of Bradford - Spoonful of sugar isn't enough
Researchers from the UK and China are collaborating on a way to neutralise the unpleasant taste of medicines. Teams from the University of Bradford and the Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese...
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University of Bedfordshire - Graduate destination: unknown
A campaign is being launched to find thousands of "lost" graduates. The University of Bedfordshire is initially targeting its "Where are you now?" campaign in the local area, where it believes many...
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Royal College of Art - Lots of support
A sale of work by artists including David Hockney, Tracey Emin and Bridget Riley has raised £225,850 towards a new campus. Alumni, staff and supporters of the Royal College of Art donated 15 lots for...
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University of Manchester - Ache no more
Scientists have succeeded in turning embryonic stem cells into ones that generate cartilage, paving the way for new treatments of diseases such as arthritis. The researchers, based at the University...
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University of Nottingham - Data captured
A university is holding a series of free masterclasses across the country to help the public use and analyse the increasing amount of data available on the internet. The course, run by the Centre for...
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University of Birmingham - Tiny threats and opportunities
Scientists have won £3 million from the research councils and the government to study the environmental effects of nanoparticles found in products such as clothing and cosmetics. The University of...
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University of Salford - Safety in numbers
Partnerships between a university and two further education colleges will benefit 180,000 students as the institutions face up to the UK's new funding climate. The University of Salford has signed...
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Institute of Education/Birkbeck/Leeds - Fear of the Rising Sun
An international network of scholars is set to analyse nationalistic tensions in East Asia. Led by academics at the Institute of Education, the project will encourage research into how schooling and...