Grasping at cultural straws
Orson Welles
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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 fiction by an extremely versatile and prolific writer: "It was about the beginning of September 1664...
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Answer lies in debate among equals
A large-scale international study (the World Values Survey ), just published, compares Arab attitudes towards good governance with those in other parts of the world. Arab countries express the...
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A crown duel in which justice rules supreme
The English Judges
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Where ploughmen and professors shared a dream
The American Revolution
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Home front enemies
An Underworld at War
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Crazy and, above all, hazy history of a most imperial weed
Cannabis Britannica
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Laurie Taylor Column
Enjoying your Christmas dinner, Roger? What's that, mother? I asked if you were enjoying your dinner. How do you like the partridge? I decided that we'd have a change this year. It's not too sweet,...
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Laurie Taylor Column
Enjoying your Christmas dinner, Roger? What's that, mother? I asked if you were enjoying your dinner. How do you like the partridge? I decided that we'd have a change this year. It's not too sweet,...
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Alan Ryan
Government policies are confused. We must decide what different institutions are really supposed to be doing. Talk of back to basics summons up images of former prime minister John Major's...
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Alan Ryan
Government policies are confused. We must decide what different institutions are really supposed to be doing.Talk of back to basics summons up images of former prime minister John Major’s unfortunate...
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Leader: Golden goose has to be nurtured
At the end of a year of debilitating uncertainty for higher education, there are some positive messages to be found in the British Council's research on overseas students. They may not like the rain...
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Leader: No honour in this list
The machinations of the British establishment are a mystery to even the most seasoned observers. Who is in and who is out may be obvious to those who pore over honours lists and party invitations,...