Once upon a time, heroes were meant to be the persisting role models for our young people. They were special people, selected as exemplars by public acclaim to demonstrate the higher elements of...
When William Bateson introduced the word "genetics" in 1905, he meant it to name a new branch of inquiry. Bateson well knew that scientifically minded people had long been researching inheritance....
Geoffrey Scarre on an insightful, reasoned look at the human capacity to offer and accept apologies
The USSR occupied more than half of interwar Poland from 17 September 1939 onwards through its secret agreement with Nazi Germany in the Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact. During April to mid-May 1940 about 14...
What is mysticism? William Harmless answers the question through a series of biographical case studies, avoiding the imposition of a rigid definition of mysticism on a varied cast of characters,...
Stephen Gundle on the tales a beloved wooden puppet has to tell about his creator's country
Living organisms, animals and the human body in particular, have long been the inspiration for many forms of art. Using a palette of every conceivable material to draw, paint, sculpt and so on,...
Since the early 1990s, both queer theory and the related work of lesbian and gay scholarship have concentrated on archival uncoverings (Martha Vicinus), the exploration of textual closets (Eve...
Simon Barton is disappointed by a lopsided, broad-brush tale of Dark Ages Muslim-Christian clashes
In 1906, Werner Sombart's hallmark study of American political development sought to underline the peculiar social chemistry of an advanced industrial order that had achieved economic prominence...
Murray Pittock is one of Scotland's most prolific academic authors, and he has long worked within and across the disciplinary boundaries of history writing and literary studies. His books are always...
Bernard Wasserstein on Royal David's Divided Dity
A £215 million deal to finance new student residences has been signed by Aston University. As part of a regeneration plan due to be completed by 2014, 2,400 new student rooms will be built on campus...
A genetics student is able to continue his most popular persona in his part-time job as a strippagram after Scotland's Court of Appeal ruled that his extendable baton was not an offensive weapon....
A partnership on rural research involving four universities has been launched. The Rural Research and Strategy Partnership (RRSP) comprises Forest Research (the Farnham-based research agency of the...