In 1991, as this book notes, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation launched what would become the largest effort ever made to improve graduate education in the humanities in the US. The Graduate Education...
What do they know of jazz, who only musicians know? A few months ago, these pages noticed with approval Harvey Cohen's sophisticated, culturally situated account of the life and work of Duke...
Amid the decline of newspapers, Frank Webster finds hope in the rise of the citizen journalist
In the 2000 film Chocolat starring Juliette Binoche and Johnny Depp, a single mother arrives in a small French town where, to the consternation of the local priest, she establishes a small...
Some marriages appear to be made in heaven. This book was one such for me, as the concept of neurodiversity is one I certainly espouse. The word is used, mostly in the US and ߣߣÊÓƵ, to signal a...
A team of thinkers roll up their sleeves and tackle the things we've left undone. Les Gofton looks on
ARTS AND DESIGN- The Cultural Aesthetics of Eighteenth-Century PorcelainEdited by Alden Cavanaugh, associate professor of art history, Indiana State University; and Michael E. Yonan, assistant...
Researchers have proven what anyone prone to nervous titters already knows: laughter is not always a sign of happiness. Neurologists have found that laughter can convey a range of emotions, each...
Thousands of rare books, state documents, treaties and pamphlets are being unearthed as a unique collection formerly used by diplomats and civil servants is catalogued. Acquired by King's College...
A London business school has launched a major fundraising drive to raise £1 million over two years to support actuarial science. The cash sought by the Cass Business School at City University London...
The University of Cambridge's Institute of Astronomy has topped a shortlist to receive funding for interplanetary exploration. The institute has won funding for one of three initiatives that have...
Expansion in Indian higher education is being aided by a UK university. The University of Warwick's WMG unit has signed a partnership with IIT Kharagpur in support of an Indian government initiative...
A British university's Malaysian outpost has been rated among the top institutions in the country. The University of Nottingham's Malaysia Campus has been awarded the highest possible rating in a...
Researchers are looking for volunteers willing to spend time living in an "iSpace" where household appliances "learn" to turn themselves on and off at the right times. Scholars at the University of...
This stained-glass window was designed by George Bernard Shaw and made by Caroline Townshend in 1910 to celebrate the Fabian Society, the influential centre-left think tank that played a central role...