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Iliad with sex, and a plucked chicken
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Ancient ways to peace of mind
Emotion and Peace of Mind
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Wife of a great romantic, creator of a great monster
Mary Shelley
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The art of the great cover-up
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Searching for clues in the whodunnits of history
The Seventy Great Mysteries of the Ancient World
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Life in the shadow of Spinoza
Radical Enlightenment
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Laurie Taylor
Enjoying your Christmas dinner, Roger? Very nice. Do you know what it is? Erm - turkey? No, it's goose. Yes, goose. No, Roger, it's not turkey or goose, it's red-legged partridge. The butcher got it...
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Letter: Hurdles in the RAE handicap 3
May I be allowed a little carping amid the RAE euphoria ("A high five for British research", THES , December 14)? As an academic journal editor, I have played my part in facilitating the publication...
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Letter: Those for and against 1
I did not protest a decade ago against the system whereby the Association of University Teachers executive seeks to keep control of the election of the general secretary. However, earlier this year I...
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Letter: Those for and against 2
We were disturbed by the recent coverage of the AUT election for a new general secretary ("AUT chief race 'rigged'", THES , December 14). The AUT has used the same rules for electing a general...
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Letter: Hurdles in the RAE handicap 1
May I propose a new parlour game for Christmas - spot the unlucky research-assessment-exercise gambler ("RAE league table of excellence", THES , December 14)? In economics, I'd guess Oxford and...
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Letter: Hurdles in the RAE handicap 2
Were other readers struck by the disparity in the proportions of 5 and 5* grades in different disciplines? At one extreme, all six veterinary science groups, in solid well-established universities of...
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Letter: Hurdles in the RAE handicap 4
A 3a means that up to 33 per cent (50 per cent for a 3b) of staff submitted are failures at research. Yet the RAE fails to identify them or educate management in what is good research. If management...
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Letter: Hurdles in the RAE handicap 5
If the rate of RAE improvement since 1992 continues, by 2005 at least 125 per cent of university departments will be scoring 5 or 5*, which even the government might find hard to believe. A. D....