An intimate of the heart and the heavens
Anna Veronica; The First Men in the Moon; The History of Mr Polly ; The Invisible Man; The Island of Dr Moreau; Kipps; Love and Mr Lewisham; A Modern Utopia; The New Machiavelli; The Shape of Things...
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Cultural clashes as writers of the 'late imperial' world grapple with the new global order
The Cambridge Companion to Postcolonial Literary Studies
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The kings of the Croisette
Heart of the Festival
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Flickers of an age when stars and audience were one
The Lost World of Mitchell & Kenyon
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A grip on the stars behind the scenes
Let the Credits Roll
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How one man changed the universe in one year
Einstein 1905
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Torn between the demonic and rational
Karl Pearson
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The potted passion that fired Owd Woodenleg
Josiah Wedgwood
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Polymath maverick with an accent to match
Constantine Samuel Rafinesque
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First Impressions
This week's competition to identify a book from its first sentence is from a travel account by a radical journalist and politician: "This morning I set off, in rather a drizzling rain, from...
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Private sector muscles in
Private-sector companies are queueing up to get UK degree-awarding powers, raising the prospect of cut-throat competition that could threaten university courses and jobs. Three providers, including...
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Stem-cell capitalists unnerve scientists
Venture capitalist Sir Chris Evans this week slammed "defensive nay-sayers" in the scientific community as fears grew that his new stem-cell research foundation could put patients at risk by rushing...
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'Issues are the same whether dealing with three-year-olds or 33-year-olds'
Caroline Gipps will bring an eclectic range of experience to the role of vice-chancellor of Wolverhampton Caroline Gipps says she never aspired to a role in university management. "I thought...
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On the move ...
* Bhupinder Sandu , consultant paediatrician and gastroenterologist, has been elected president of the Medical Women's Federation. She is a founding member and past secretary of the British Society...