The Wonderful and Surprising History of Sweeney Todd: The Life and Times of an Urban Legend
Kamilla Elliott devours many slices of a pie that has fascinated collectors and academics alike
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When Prayer Fails: Faith Healing, Children and the Law
This book will do much to confirm the beliefs of those of a convinced antireligious persuasion. Every chapter is full of gruesome stories of children dying, often in great pain, as a result of...
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The Red Queen Among Organizations: How Competitiveness Evolves
It takes all the running you can do to keep in the same place," says the Red Queen in Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking-Glass, a fitting metaphor for this book about organisational competition,...
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J = Review forthcomingART AND DESIGN- Holy MotherhoodBy Elizabeth L'Estrange, post-doctoral researcher in history of art, University of LiegeManchester University Press, £60.00. ISBN...
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The Book of the Week: The Craftsman
Keith Tester goes in search of a 'more humane material life'
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The Week in Books
The Ballad of Dorothy Wordsworth by Frances Wilson, specialist in Romantic literature and biography, formerly of the University of Reading. Faber, £18.99, ISBN 9780571230471"Perhaps exhausted by the...
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Thames Valley University - Lecturer loses moonlighting case
A psychology lecturer sacked by her university for working part-time at an NHS trust has lost her case for unfair dismissal. Zoubida Guernina practised as a psychologist one day per week for the NHS...
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University College Falmouth, Dartington - Merger to go ahead in April
The boards of governors of University College Falmouth and Dartington College of Arts have confirmed that the two institutions will merge in April. The controversial merger will mean that Dartington...
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University of Nottingham - Hollywood MA premieres
An MA in Hollywood studies is to be launched by the University of Nottingham this October. The course, which the university says is the first of its kind in Britain, examines the role of Hollywood in...
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University of Warwick - Undiagnosed diabetics uncovered
A study of 3.6 million patient records held by GPs has found evidence that tens of thousands of people may be suffering from undiagnosed diabetes. A University of Warwick research team surveyed 480...
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University of Bath - Grant awarded for cancer study
A team of researchers have been awarded more than £450,000 by Cancer Research UK to investigate a new way of preventing the division and growth of tumour cells. The team at the University of Bath,...
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University of Birmingham - Mushrooms offer hope for obese
Mushrooms are being used by scientists to create a new microstructure that could replace fat in foods such as mayonnaise and margarine. The team from the University of Birmingham's Centre for...
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Lancaster University - Postgrad stats centre launches
Criminology and cancer will be among the diverse range of subjects studied at a new Postgraduate Statistics Centre at Lancaster University. The newly opened facility, one of 74 centres for excellence...
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Coventry University - Enterprise centre offers support
Student entrepreneurs will benefit from a new enterprise centre at Coventry University. The centre, which opened last week, will have a business support unit and office space as well as offering...
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University of Bolton - Natural wound healing developed
Seaweed and crab shell are being used by scientists to create a new material for dressing wounds to help accelerate healing. A team from the University of Bolton are developing a new medical textile...