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Chain of hostility ties those who hate the West
Occidentalism
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Mongrel nation held back Roman waves
The Monarchy of England Volume 1
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The flip side of universal equations
Symmetries in Physics
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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 semi-autobiographical novel by a young American: "Through the small tall bathroom window the...
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A view of the gap between the godly and government
Politics and Religion
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The very right mode of dress
Fashion under Fascism
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Press on, but not regardless
Letterpress - Notes on Book Design - Type
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An elusive artisan in need of revival
Christopher Dresser
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Spotting a gem or two on high ground
Jewellery of Tibet and the Himalayas
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Future's bright for basic thread of a silken past
Traditional Textiles of Cambodia
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Academic transsexual honoured for crusade
This year promises to be one of the best of Stephen Whittle's life, for not only will the Manchester Metropolitan University academic become the first person to be honoured by the Queen for his...
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Offa signals bursary battle
Students will face a "volatile market" in bursaries and scholarships in 2006 as the "great majority" of universities prepare to charge £3,000 tuition fees, Sir Martin Harris, the university access...
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'We are not in the business of warning people. We are just scientists'
Computational physicist John Rundle helped produce a map of likely earthquake hotspots It would be easy for John Rundle to say that he forecast the Boxing Day earthquake off the coast of Sumatra that...
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On the move ...
* Glasgow University has appointed two creative writing tutors: novelist and former lecturer in creative writing at Leeds University Alan Bissett, who was shortlisted for the Macallan/Scotland on...