Lectures played a very important role in Le Corbusier's strategy for converting people to the cause of his new architecture and for the acquisition of clients and other influential connections. They...
First published in 1994, Raphael Samuel's collection of loosely affiliated essays presents a compelling argument about the nature, purpose and value of historical knowledge and investigation. The...
Simon Underdown disagrees with the premise that racism is part of evolution, rather than a crime
There is no promotion after Jerusalem." So said Ronald Storrs, the first governor of the city under the British Mandate for Palestine after the First World War, as he was packed off to become...
Raphael Salkie is unimpressed by the latest work from a controversial scholar
A quarter of a century ago, Judith Sensibar set up in opposition to William Faulkner's "official" biographer, Joseph Blotner, by insisting that Faulkner's ten-year "unromantic but fascinating"...
Recently, "our greatest living historian", David Starkey, announced that Tudor queens were not important - admittedly after writing about them himself, when a rather different view was put forward....
A compilation of the works of a highly regarded, influential painter is appreciated by Duncan Wu
It would be generous to describe books on special education as appealing to a niche market. If education is one of the least attractive of the academic disciplines, special education is merely a...
Katie Normington's careful study of drama considers the period between the first recognisable performance text (the Winchester Regularis Concordia from around 965) and the establishment of the first...
Natalie Gold is intrigued by an exploration of what makes us tick, and how it affects the economy
? = Review forthcomingEDUCATION- Global Education: Using Technology to Bring the World to Your StudentsBy Laurence Peters, University of MarylandISTE, $31.95ISBN 9781564842589Peters provides an...
The UK is retaining its share of the international student market, but for how long? Phil Baty reports
United StatesPittsburgh rejects killer's legacyA university has said it will not accept a $225,000 (£136,400) legacy from the will of a gunman who went on a shooting spree before killing himself....
Vicky Randall says women are forging their way into government, but ethnic minorities remain under-represented