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We live in an inelegant age. As the authors of The Chap Manifesto state: "At every level, the populace worships an unholy trinity of aspiration, vulgarity and self-regard." What can be done about it...

We live in an inelegant age. As the authors of The Chap Manifesto state: "At every level, the populace worships an unholy trinity of aspiration, vulgarity and self-regard." What can be done about it...
The Jerilderie Letter
Black Athena Writes Back
Audiologue
Emotion and Peace of Mind
Mary Shelley
Front Cover
The Seventy Great Mysteries of the Ancient World
Radical Enlightenment
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...