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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 novel by a severe stammerer: "I confess that when I first made acquaintance with Charles Strickland...
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Scripts for stage, net and airwaves
The Language of Conversation - The Language of Drama - The Language of Speech and Writing - The Language of ICT
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Shackled to serve the East
Slavery in the History of Muslim Black Africa - Islam's Black Slaves
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Moral fables of Mr Egypt
Naguib Mahfouz at Sidi Gaber
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Laurie Taylor column
Dear Everybody Thought that you might like to know that your favourite third-year gang from last year did finally make it to Majorca We've really been letting our hair down after all the stress of...
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Leader: Corporate universities can teach us a lesson
As if Britain's new universities have not got enough to worry about in attracting students, there is a renewed warning this week of the threat of corporate universities eroding their market. The...
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Leader: AS levels should not be a shortcut to degree entry
The annual A-level row is almost over and the GCSE version is just beginning. It is the universities' turn to be accused of dumbing down. At a time of record pass rates, some are apparently ready to...
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If war is not the answer, what is?
It's not enough to oppose confrontation with Saddam - the world must come up with an alternative that does not abandon the Iraqi people to endless suffering, says Christoph Bluth We don't know when...
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Heat on cities to change
The world's cities can do the most to worsen or mitigate environmental damage and climate change. Julian Hunt and Lorna Walker focus on London It is becoming increasingly apparent that the often...
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So what if the summit is all talk, no action
As politicians head for Johannesburg, Chris Bunting starts our four-page special on sustainability by looking at how the summit will bring together more scientific experts and policy-makers than ever...
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Free market will enslave us all
Humans do not develop by buying mobile phones and BMWs, argues Thai environmentalist Sulak Sivaraksa, who believes a sustainable future requires a little bit of spiritual enlightenment. Chris Bunting...
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'A strikingly good bargain'
Preserving the biodiversity of our planet will require some short-term sacrifices but in the long term it will benefit everyone, both economically and environmentally. Jaap de Roode reports In the...
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Moving to the Yorkshire muse's beat
Simon Armitage talks about prisoners, prose, poetry conferences and car problems with Gary Day Once famous for its cricket, Yorkshire is now renowned for its poets: Ted Hughes, Tony Harrison and,...