Where fans put Franz before the archduke
Wikipedia reveals not the ‘wisdom of the crowds’ but the rule of the mob, argues Tara Brabazon
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Comparative but not superlative
Roy Harris is bemused by a dense, ill-tempered screed on the English language as oppressor
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First impressions competition: March 20 2008
This week’s competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a satire on nineteenth-century French society:“The little town of Verrières could pass for one of the...
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The Book of the Week: Geoffrey Hill: Collected Critical Writings
David-Antoine Williams on a poet's restless mind
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The Week in Books
George Gissing: A Life by Paul Delany, professor in the department of English, Simon Fraser University. Weidenfeld and Nicolson, £25.00, ISBN 9780297852124."George Gissing believed that the twin...
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Seeing Dark Things: The Philosophy of Shadows
What are shadows? Can we literally see them? Can we only see them, or can we also feel them? Do they have colours? If so, can they have chromatic colours, or are they only ever black or grey? How do...
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No time for Schadenfreude
Critics of US foreign policy may live to regret finger-wagging from the sidelines, argues Paul Cornish
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The Case for Greatness: Honorable Ambition and Its Critics
Aristotle is lecturing in the Lyceum about what constitutes the nature of a great man. His pupils, among them Robert Faulkner, take notes. Suddenly, Aristotle breaks off. "There!" he says, pointing...
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Sex, Culture and Justice: The Limits of Choice
Clare Chambers has written an interesting, important, wide-ranging and well-argued book that contains a controversial proposal that will, no doubt, be widely debated.Her book is unusual in two...
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Top 10 Academic Bestsellers: Blackwell, Bristol
1. Banking and Capital Markets Companion: Fourth Edition by Gerald Montagu and Colin PaulLaw Matters, £29.95. ISBN 97818464101542. Project Management: The Managerial Process (with MS Project CD and...
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Scots research funding up as teaching cash squeezed
Budget rise of 3.4 per cent aids knowledge transfer, but academic job cuts are feared. Tariq Tahir reports
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V-c keen for course design to break disciplinary divide
Aberdeen reforms could offer students all-round education in arts and sciences, writes Tariq Tahir
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Scholars of Islam urged to leave 'ivory towers'
Islamic studies academics must leave their "ivory towers" and "get their hands dirty" if the discipline is to fulfil its role as a Government-mandated "strategic" subject, an academic has said.Ron...
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Academe is key to competitive economy
White Paper charges universities with an even bigger role in sparking and developing innovation for the good of the wider economy. John Gill reports
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Government gives adult skills training and GCSE teaching a £60m boost
The Government has committed an extra £60 million to adult skills training in its 2008 Budget.It said the extra investment would "provide new opportunities for people to realise their talents, offer...