Was Preston Phoenician?
The Trophies of Time
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Sharp edge of the church's sword
Christendom and its Discontents
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The teller of Europe's tale
William Robertson and the Expansion of Empire
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Laughter, tears, scorn and horror
Reform and Revolution in France
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Nigel Hunt
In The THES article on thetrauma of war veterans (July 11), Nigel Hunt's name was incorrectly given as Nick Hunt.
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Time to eat our words?
A 'Mediterranean diet' is said to be good for you. But does it deserve its healthy tag? asks Helen Macbeth in the latest in our series on food The Mediterranean diet is much lauded these days....
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A job between us and them
Labour has chosen a natural conciliator in the shape of George Bain as the man to oversee the introduction of its minimum wage. Huw Richards asks him how he feels about trying to reconcile the...
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THES survey reveals how students might benefit from a minimum wage
One of the justifications for making students pay towards their tuition costs is that they are going to earn so much more than non-graduates once they are clutching their degree certificates. But,...
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How Union demand for Pounds 4 per hour compares with foreign competition
Fluctuating exchange rates complicate comparisons between minimum wage levels across Europe. Broadly speaking, the Pounds 4 per hour proposed by the Transport and General Workers Union in Britain...
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Sick countess rounds on 'impartial' advisers
Margaret of Mar thinks she has organophosphate poisoning. And she believes she is not the only one to be contaminated. Julia Hinde reports When not tending vegetables or making cheese on her...
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The English patent
How well has British industry exploited the many inventions made by UK universities and research institutes? Not well enough, Graham Spinardi finds The United Kingdom's record is pretty poor when it...
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Carbon fibre: how we failed to reap rewards
The high potential strength of carbon fibre was first realised in 1963 in a process developed at the Royal Aircraft Establishment in Farnborough. The process was patented by the Ministry of Defence...
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What separates man from the animals? Four inches and eleven minutes
Jared Diamond asks why the sex life of humans differs so substantially from that of even our nearest relations in the animal world  Sex preoccupies us. It is the source of our most intense pleasures...
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Thunder stolen by lightning response
The day began with Sir Ron Dearing posing in a haze of flash photography behind a pile of stout, green, multi-volumed reports. By early evening he had been upstaged. The real star was far younger and...
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Bid to boycott the hard sell
Marketing departments are being pressed to take adverts in university directories. Phil Baty reports University marketing heads are calling for a clampdown on publishers of reference directories....