The Canon: The Great Tradition by F. R. Leavis
Many refer to it but few have read it. Yes, I am talking about F. R. Leavis' The Great Tradition, first published in 1948. The date is important. It helps explain the central aim of the book, to...
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Birdscapes: Birds in Our Imagination and Experience
Tim Birkhead is charmed by a revelation of how our feathered friends affect our lives
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Thousands of Broadways: Dreams and Nightmares of the American Small Town
There are a lot of nots and a couple of could-bes in Thousands of Broadways. An essay in nine parts, it's neither autobiography nor a study or history of the poet's hometown of Long Branch, New...
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Talking out of School: Memoir of an Educated Woman
Who doesn't love a pity party? The first third of Kass Fleisher's narrative is a Cinderella story about the relationship between a "teen cleaning machine" and her crazy-bad mother. The rest of the...
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Top 10 academic bestsellers: Heffers, Cambridge
1 Sustainable Energy – Without the Hot Airby David J.C. MacKayUIT Cambridge, £19.95ISBN 97809544529332 Why Go to Church? The Drama of the Eucharistby Timothy RadcliffeContinuum, £9.99ISBN...
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Book of the week: An Orchard Invisible
Jules Pretty unearths the roots of epic tales of life and death
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The week in books
Tenor: History of a Voice by John Potter, vocal studies MA course leader, University of York. Yale University Press, £20.00, ISBN 9780300118735"If you are looking for an opera fan's guide to top...
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Published this week
? = Review forthcomingASIAN STUDIES- Shots in the Dark: Japan, Zen and the WestBy Shoji Yamada, associate professor at the International Research Centre for Japanese Studies, Kyoto, Japan. University...
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V-c's view: rethink the sector or it's downhill from here
The prospect of greater private involvement in UK higher education has been mooted by a vice-chancellor who is calling for a radical re-envisioning of the sector.Nigel Thrift, vice-chancellor of the...
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University of East Anglia - US grant for overseas study
The University of East Anglia has become the first university outside the United States to receive an award from the Institute for Study Abroad Foundation, an American funding body set up to support...
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The Open University - Partnerships broker
A business consultancy has been appointed by The Open University to encourage more employers to bring learning into the workplace. The consultancy firm, Partnership Development Solutions, will look...
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Gray's School of Art - Japan the brave
Students at Gray's School of Art in Aberdeen have been working with Edinburgh-based social enterprise Sakura Scotland to design a collection of Japanese tartans. Daniel Crozier, a student and budding...
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University of Aberdeen - Music and lyrics
Carol Ann Duffy, the recently appointed Poet Laureate, will be the star guest at the University of Aberdeen's Writers Festival this week. The poet, who is professor of contemporary poetry at...
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University of Leicester - Watchdog in the dock
The performance of the Financial Services Authority (FSA) during the global financial crisis was scrutinised at an event held by a new research group at the University of Leicester's Centre for...
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University of Chester - Dutch visit
A group of teachers, headteachers and experts in special educational needs from the Netherlands has taken part in a study trip to the University of Chester. The week-long trip was organised by Anne-...