Stifling debate
Rikky Rooksby (Letters, August 19) accuses me of a lack of "disciplined thinking" and of inappropriate "literal interpretation" when I referred to Blake's Jerusalem as urging an "unceasing use of the...
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Untimely return
Why is Gordon Lapping returning to his desk at Poppleton University on an August Bank Holiday Monday (Laurie Taylor, August 19)? Gordon Joly London
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Research strength
Since it is clearly stated in Nottingham Trent University's strategic plan that its aim is "to achieve sustainable growth in the quality and volume of research", I was surprised and disappointed by...
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Soas's Far-East failing
The decision by the School of Oriental and African Studies this week to sack its senior specialist subject librarians for China and Japan represents a degrading of a resource built up over many years...
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Balanced not biased
Nigel Probert states (Letters, August 19) that Delia Davin reviewing Mao: The Unknown Story by Jung Chang and Jon Halliday (Books, August 12) comes across as "an apologist for Mao". She does not. She...
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Face it, maybe you are a camel
Simon Blackburn goes in search of his inner 'Real Self' and finds his 'Old Self' Many philosophers set a lot of store by authenticity. In fact, the best ever piece of light verse about a philosopher...
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Poems from the academy
A Precious - mouldering pleasure - 'tis - poem 371, by Emily Dickinson A precious - mouldering pleasure - 'tis - To meet an Antique Book - In just the Dress his Century wore - A privilege - I think...
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The bestseller that cost the earth and killed off its kind
Joan Blaeu's ostentatious and expensive Atlas maior of 1662 was the ne plus ultra of its form, and the last of its line, writes Steve Farrar All the world was held within its precious pages. The wild...
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Today's news
Demand for science degrees on the rise The university admissions service, Ucas, today hailed the revival of interest in science subjects as increased numbers of students took up degree places this...
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Latest research news
Scientists sidestep stem cell dispute US scientists have fused a human embryo stem cell and a scrap of adult skin to make cells that could become almost any tissue in the human body. In doing so,...
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Today's news
Dons resign over library cuts Senior lecturers at a leading university have resigned from key posts in protest at what they claim is a downgrading of language studies. They say that the reputation of...
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Today's news
Graduates not up to the job, say firms University students may excel academically but do not always make the best employees, according to a survey of small businesses. Too many lacked basic numeracy...
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Today's news
Baccalaureate better than A-levels, Lord Adonis admits The schools minister Lord Adonis has acknowledged that the international baccalaureate could be a better option than A-levels for youngsters who...
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Venus is in Vacca, with logic in limbo
Stars of Destiny: A Scientific Look at Astrology
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First Impressions
This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its first sentence, is from a story that "did for the boy's book what Sherlock Holmes did for the detective tale": "Mr Hungerton,...