The players who set the stage for US tragedy
American Tragedy
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At the centre of Indian affairs
Jefferson and the Indians
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The virgin queen and his progeny
Mainly about Lindsay Anderson
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How the war was fought
Peace Now!
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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 pied noir witha red complexion: "There is but one truly serious philosophical problem and that is...
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Higher channels
John Davies studies the broadcasting schedules (all times pm unless stated). Pick of the week. Themes from episode four of the excellent The Day the World Took Off (Sunday 8.00) are echoed in other...
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An optical disillusion
Last week, David Hockney accepted his last honorary degree. He used the occasion to tell Elaine Williams why students should swap their video cameras for pencils and look at the world afresh. David...
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Any advance on Pounds 22.5 billion?
Paul Klemperer tells Karl Sabbagh how academics made the government a lot of cash by devising a telecoms auction. For me, economics has always seemed a bit like meteorology. When economists get it...
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I have a good mind to help
Can a philosopher help you decide whether to buy a car or get divorced? Ayala Ochert reports on the professors who, for a small fee, will help sort out your problems. Do you have a problem at work?...
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Gambling studies
Michael Cain of Salford University set up his degree in business economics with gambling studies three years ago "because a consortium of people from the gambling industry came to see us and...
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Perfumery
Tony Curtis spent 25 years as a research chemist in the perfume industry, but now teaches a BA in the business of perfumery at Plymouth University. The business-based course includes such specialised...
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It's Homer... but not as we know it
The Simpsons, Star Trek and surfing - universities have come under fire for teaching unconventional subjects. But, as Anne Sebba reports, employers are snapping up graduates from these courses. Come...
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Double your money
Review books, write obituaries and get yourself an agent.John Sutherland tells low-paid arts academics how to earn an extra few thousand by moonlighting. I have often thought that instead of name-...
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Stone Age discovery
Marine archaeologists have discovered a Stone Age realm sunk beneath the Solent. Evidence of human habitation was excavated last week from under a drowned oak forest of fallen tree trunks and stumps...
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V-cs want to show visitors the door
Vice-chancellors have suggested scrapping the ancient visitor system in favour of a higher education ombudsman. This would usher in a uniform system of dealing with student complaints and appeals in...