Book of the week: Nature's Ghosts
Jules Pretty discusses humanity's tardy conservation efforts
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Organising Poetry
Christoph Bode admires the scholarship but finds no space for novelty in this Romantic study
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Incest and Influence: The Private Life of Bourgeois England
Adam Kuper's thesis is that "marriage within the family - between cousins or between in-laws - was a characteristic strategy of the new bourgeoisie, which had a great deal to do with the success of...
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The Canon: A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: with Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects By Mary Wollstonecraft
In 1792, Mary Wollstonecraft articulated an idea that students now write about with (perhaps misjudged) ease: society constructs gender. A Vindication of the Rights of Woman discussed the many ways...
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Judas: A Biography
A study of Jesus' traitor reveals the persistence of evil over the centuries, writes Deborah D. Rogers
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Space Travel and Culture: From Apollo to Space Tourism
Many books have been written about the manned exploration of space across its 50-year history and from all manner of perspectives: autobiographical, political, technological. In this 40th anniversary...
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Medieval Film
Anke Bernau and Bettina Bildhauer's edited collection of essays, Medieval Film, covers a wide range of topics related to the way in which the Middle Ages are portrayed on film, simplified and...
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King's College London - Collective action
An extinct marsupial known as the Tasmanian wolf, a lizard with a light-sensing "third eye" and the stem of a tree fern are among the star exhibits in a new museum. The Museum of Life Sciences at...
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University of Gloucestershire - Shrink to fit
A second campus is to be closed by the University of Gloucestershire following its decision to put its site in east London up for sale. Patricia Broadfoot, vice-chancellor of the institution,...
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Hull/Leeds/Sheffield/York universities - Northern nous
A £50 million virtual research centre focusing on low-carbon technologies and the impact of climate change is to be established as a joint initiative between a group of universities in Yorkshire and...
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University of Edinburgh - Put that carbon away
Researchers have called on the Scottish Government and industry leaders to invest more in carbon capture and storage technology. Scientists at the University of Edinburgh claim that the UK could lead...
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University of Greenwich - Life-changing advances
An institute is to be established to study how digital technology is affecting the way we live. The launch of the Institute for the Converging Arts and Sciences at the University of Greenwich was...
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Birmingham/Loughborough/Nottingham - Energetic start
A £3 million virtual graduate school with a green focus has officially opened and will begin teaching its first students this month. The Midlands Energy Graduate School, a collaboration between the...
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University of Strathclyde - African aid
A registered network of literacy teachers is to be set up in Malawi with the assistance of the University of Strathclyde. The University of Malawi is working with seven Scottish teacher training...
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University of Essex - Vox populi
The public's views on foreign policy, from the deployment of troops in Afghanistan to issues of immigration and asylum, are to be gauged by researchers. In the first survey of its kind, Thomas Scotto...