The fechter who fought for life
Never Apologise - The Diaries - Icons in the Fire
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Enslaved slavers turn on dirty trade when free
The Two Princes of Calabar
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First Impressions
This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a historical novel by a British writer born in Dominica: "They say when trouble comes close ranks, and...
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The continued arguments over common cents
Economics of Monetary Union - The Economics of European Integration
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Not down, and far from out
The Myth of Decline
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Britons who saw coal fuel nation's rise and rise
Poverty, Progress and Population
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Birth date can boost entry by up to 20%
Teenagers born in September are 20 per cent more likely to go to university than youngsters born in August, a study has revealed. The startling link between a child's month of birth and their chance...
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Research council chiefs fork out £84K to withstand fearsome MPs
The research councils have spent more than £84,000 of public money on hiring consultants to train them to appear before Parliamentary select committees, The Times Higher can reveal. The House of...
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'There's been a lot of rubbish talked about crusades and Jihad'
Western academic Carole Hillenbrand has won a prestigious Islamic award for her "unique" studies Carole Hillenbrand, a professor of Islamic history at Edinburgh University, has been awarded the 2005...
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On the move...
* The Academy of Learned Societies for the Social Sciences has elected the following academicians for 2004: Peter Aggleton, University of London; Alan Aldridge, Nottingham University; R. Allen,...
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Revisit TV's old times
It was essential reading in millions of homes across Britain for decades and spawned dozens of imitators. But now the TV Times magazine is to become essential reading for cultural historians, social...
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Call to axe abortion law
Westminster is in for heated debate over controversial science. Anna Fazackerley reports Academics from a variety of disciplines will gather in Westminister next week to argue that abortion should no...