Lady Jane Grey: A Tudor Mystery
There is a lot that is extremely worrying about this book. One might begin with the title. If the appearance on the cover of Lady Jane Grey in capital letters superimposed on a portrait of the...
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Consumerism and the Co-operative Movement in Modern British History: Taking Stock
This book addresses a neglect of the Co-op in historical writings and business history. Fourteen chapters - loosely organised into the three themes of the postwar decline, ideologies and identities,...
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Becoming a Woman in the Age of Letters
The epistolary art was a rite of passage for women in 18th-century France, says Isobel Grundy
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John Piper, Myfanwy Piper - Lives in Art
This intimately informed account of John and Myfanwy Piper's domestic and artistic partnership brims over with insights and revelations. Who knew that in his Chiltern farmhouse, Fawley Bottom - John...
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Belfast Boys: How Unionists and Nationalists Fought and Died Together in the First World War
Belfast's Loyalist murals depict many images of the First World War. The 36th Ulster Division, in which so many forebears of today's Ulster Loyalists fought and died, is a regular theme for these...
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Why Animal Suffering Matters: Philosophy, Theology, and Practical Ethics
Elisa Aaltola is left with no doubt that humans have a moral obligation not to cause animals pain
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Globalization and the Great Exhibition: The Victorian New World Order
In the run-up to the Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations, held in Hyde Park during the summer of 1851 in Joseph Paxton's Crystal Palace, Prince Albert declared that, by bringing...
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Notebooks from New Guinea: Field Notes of a Tropical Biologist
The big question framing the research of Czech entomologist Vojtech Novotny is that of why there are so many species of insects in tropical rainforests. His investigations, for the past decade, have...
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The Genial Gene: Deconstructing Darwinian Selfishness
A riposte to the biological determinism of Richard Dawkins leaves Janet Smith frustrated
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? = Review forthcomingBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES- The Origin Then and Now: An Interpretative Guide to the Origin of SpeciesBy David N. Reznick, professor of biology at the University of California,...
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Sheffield Hallam University - Hope wins, no need for charity
Students who are more hopeful are more likely to get better marks, psychologists at Sheffield Hallam University have found. The researchers studied about 200 undergraduate psychology students to...
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University of Exeter - Scientific endeavour
Thirty scientists, six of them professors, are being appointed to new academic posts at the University of Exeter. The positions are funded through the institution's £80 million investment in science...
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University of Leicester - Music to their ears
The Philharmonia Orchestra and the University of Leicester have formed a partnership, thought to be the first of its kind. Under the arrangement, musicians from the Philharmonia will provide on-...
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Durham/Northumbria - Name shame
Irish names such as "Patrick" and "Bridget" almost died out among 19th-century immigrants to the UK owing to fears of discrimination, according to research from Durham and Northumbria universities....
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University of Greenwich - Let's make lots of money
Companies in Kent are poised to benefit from a partnership between the University of Greenwich and local business-support organisations. The Business Innovation Group aims to help firms exploit new...