In a state of high tension
Between Facts and Norms
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Justice for the symbolically inclined
Theories of Distributive Justice
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Labour's lost leader
Hugh Gaitskell
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Linguist of dissent
Chomsky's Politics
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Low intensity democracy
Unravelling Global Apartheid - Promoting Polyarchy
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Making amends to the dead
The Flower of Battle - Sites of Memory, Sites of Mourning - Irish Voices from the Great War
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Final Word
This week's Final Word comes from a man whose name is to Irving as Karl is to Groucho. "The brutal and destructive side of modern nationalism needs no stressing in a world torn by its excesses. Yet...
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Don's diary
THURSDAY. Last hectic week of training for the BT Global Challenge, the year-long round-the-world yacht race. I am a crew member of the yacht Commercial Union. Spend hours trying to empty office and...
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Appointments
ASSOCIATED BOARD OF THE ROYAL SCHOOLS OF MUSIC Jean Harvey, following her retirement as chief examiner, has taken up the post of international music consultant. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON Peter Barker...
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Chairs
UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND Lee Kennedy, former senior lecturer at the University of Edinburgh and Western General Hospital, professor of medicine (diabetes and endocrinology) a joint appointment with...
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Grants
UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL Research grants Professor S. Roberts, Pounds 55,264 from Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (search for non-enzymic biocatalysts) and Pounds 108,913 from...
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Correction
Owing to a production error, the name of Bertrand Hallward was misspelt in Peter Newsam's August 16 review of his biography. We apologise for the confusion.
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Sen and sensibility
(Photograph) - The human face of the "dismal science", economist and philosopher Amartya Sen. Over the past three decades Sen has enriched economics with his humane but rigorous analysis of social...
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20,000 leaks under the sea?
A great lake under the ocean is oneof many schemes devised by scientists to cut carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and hence reduce global warming. But will such technofixes create new dangers?....
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Lib Dems target students in marginals
Liberal Democrats have been urged by their party to capture student support in key seats with a "kick the Tories out" message. Neil Fawcett, party agent for Oxford West and Abingdon, told delegates...