Disturbances of the Mind
In this cleverly constructed book, several of the puzzles of present-day neurology are considered alongside accounts of the lives and times of those with whom they are eponymously associated....
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The Canon: The History of Britain. By John Milton
Not only do we not know what the future holds; often we have little idea what the past holds. For Francis Bacon: "Time is like a river, which has brought down to us things light and puffed up, while...
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Policing Stalin's Socialism: Repression and Social Order in the Soviet Union, 1924-1953
Hidden victims of Stalinist suppression are revealed, finds Harold Shukman
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Stuff
Daniel Miller's Stuff brings together in one compact volume a deftly rewritten and engaging retrospective summary of 30 years of cultural anthropology carried out in the Caribbean, London, India and...
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Justice, Legality and the Rule of Law: Lessons from the Pitcairn Prosecutions
This work's narrow focus misses women's suffering and lack of redress, argues Rosemary Hunter
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Published this week
? = Review forthcomingCLASSICS- New Heroes in Antiquity: From Achilles to AntinoosBy Christopher P. Jones, George Martin Lane professor of the Classics and of history, Harvard University. Harvard...
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'There be wolves' - shock claim
Lord Mandelson's insistence that universities were merely "crying wolf" over the impact of the new funding cuts would appear to be contradicted by the recent experience of our Director of Finance, Mr...
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It's hardly the Dark Ages
Alan Ryan favours imagination over exaggeration when it comes to cutbacks
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Research intelligence: Feeding of the nine billion needs science, not miracles
A collaborative strategy will prioritise research into how to feed an expanding population. Neha Popat reports
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Leader: Is survival all that matters?
The financial crisis will force universities to make difficult choices not just about how they operate but to what end
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From where I sit:That's the spirit
Twelve years ago, after failing in seven subjects at school, Han Han's father took him to the headmaster's office to complete the paperwork for dropouts. There he was asked by a sympathetic teacher...
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Hywel Teifi Edwards, 1934-2010
A campaigner and authority on Welsh history acclaimed as "a combination of scholar and tribal story-teller" has died.Hywel Teifi Edwards was born in the village of Llanddewi Aberarth, Cardiganshire,...
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Teachers must tune in to student diversity 1
In the golden, privileged days when university students were the brightest and best, Eric Sotto's views about the training of lecturers may have had more validity ("You can lecture, but can you teach...
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Teachers must tune in to student diversity 2
There is much to agree with in Eric Sotto's piece, yet he errs by conflating an evidence-based approach to teaching with gaining teaching qualifications, and I am unconvinced by his call to make them...