Morality for the Me generation
An Intelligent Person's Guide to Ethics
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No, we won't go quietly
The Penguin Book of 20th-Century Protest
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Searching dark recesses
No Go the Bogeyman
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The last of the Russian prophets
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
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Time-lapse photography
Photography, An Independent Art
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1819 - and all that
England in 1819
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Plots all over the landscape
Conspiracy - Hystories - Selling Fear - Political Paranoia - Aliens in America
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An Almighty challenge
Christopher Frayling and his students at the Royal College of Art wanted the Spirit Zone of the Millennium Dome to re-enchant the world. But then religion intruded. Kam Patel reports If the...
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Tales from the little folk provide hangover cure
Children's literature is a goldmine for academic research. But first disguise it as folklore, advises James Riordan Oxford don C. S. Lewis expressed concern about the "silly convention" that caused...
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Hot and bothered over all that jazz
The introduction of jazz performance courses is causing wild discord in Britain's musical establishment. Tony Tysome finds out whether jazz can be taught and, if it can, whether the teachers are up...
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He who sups with the devil must use a long spoon - and bring a good agent
Should reputable scholars write 'authorised' company histories? Niall Ferguson can think of two good reasons for doing so ... and money is only one of them To many professional historians, the word "...
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Objector on the road to gene hell
Biologist Mae-Wan Ho thinks that genetic engineering is so catastrophic it could plunge the world into a scientifically induced nightmare. David King talks to her Although she is rapidly acquiring a...
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World watch
Malan Marnersdottir has become the first woman rector of the University of the Faroe Islands. The University of the Faroe Islands has faculties in Faroese language and literature, history, society,...
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World watch
Israel's university students have ended their 44-day nationwide strike and returned to classes last week, a week before the semester was due to be cancelled. Student representatives, who failed to...
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Cyprus invests in education
Cyprus is set to become a centre of learning, says Kate Hughes, but private colleges are feeling left out Cyprus is in the grip of a drought. Unless there is significant rainfall, existing supplies...