Don's Diary
Monday Touchdown St John's Newfoundland at 3am after delayed flight from Toronto. Canada's first offshore oil platform, the Hibernia, is about to go on station 200 miles out in the middle of Iceberg...
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Brown's new deal a golden opportunity
WHENTHE subject of unemployment comes up in universities, it is usually related to an academic study or the job prospects of academics. However, two significant developments - the Employment Chapter...
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First Impressions
This week's First Impressions, the competition in which you have to identify a book from its opening line, comes from a journalist fascinated by Copernicus: "We can add to our knowledge, but we...
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A monstrous surfeit of mincing and galumphing nuncheons
The Origins of English Nonsense
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The mother of all tongues
English as a Global Language
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Demos's brave new words
Life after Politics
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Why two plus two can equal one
Modes of Thought
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Dearth of a salesman's self
An Autobiography
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From sleaze to silver
In the Kingdom of Shadows
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All the world's disparate stages
The Oxford Illustrated History of Theatre
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The apes who go to war
Demonic Males
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Courteous combatants
Medieval Knighthood V - The Knight and Chivalry
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Alexander the not-so-great
Civil War in Siberia
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The reification of rhythm
Indian Music and the West