In York's Jorvik Viking Centre, snug in the ostentation of its own display case, is a supercilious and eye-wateringly huge human turd. Nestling in its celebrity status, this magnificent stool squats...
Laleh Khalili is compelled to heap praise on a thought-provoking piece of writing
The title of Dominic Head's book is a trifle misleading. At a time when projects such as Franco Moretti's massive six-volume work are setting new benchmarks in extending our temporal and spatial...
(?) = Review forthcomingARTS AND DESIGN- Dances with Darwin, 1875-1910: Vernacular Modernity in FranceBy Rae Beth Gordon, professor of French and comparative literature, University of Connecticut....
Peter Gwyn finds little evidence and much speculation in David Starkey's latest offering
Trucking Country offers a finely crafted mix of cultural identity, regional tradition, economic history, legislative politics, political argument and policy transformation. Shane Hamilton uses the...
1. Textbook on Land Law, Twelfth Edition by Judith Ann Mackenzie and Mary Phillips. Oxford University Press, £.99. ISBN 97801995409902. Development through the Lifespan, Fourth International Edition...
Kim Louise Walden examines the case for a less judgmental approach to student 'misconduct'
Katherine Mansfield had beauty, talent and courage, but was deeply disappointed by family and friends who left her bitter, frightened and alone. Her wealthy father would not pay for her expensive...
The 2010 Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference will mark the latest attempt to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons. For some it will be a chance to breathe new life into pursuing the abolition...
Jocelyn Bell Burnell finds much truth in the stories about a taciturn physicist
America: Empire of Liberty by David Reynolds, professor of international history and fellow, Christ's College, Cambridge. Allen Lane, £30.00, ISBN 9781846140563"Tracing the long dialectic between...
Susan Currell examines the story behind the legal battle against forced sterilisation of convicts
Simon Lee will leave at the end of the academic year. Melanie Newman reports
British academics contemplating the research assessment exercise over a glass of something strong would do well to consider the alternative: working in a university system that makes no attempt to...