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Examining the examiners: are externals on the way out?
Features
Nobel prize nominee and anti-nuclear weapons activist Helen Caldicott discusses her Nuclear Policy Research Institute; academics assess the 007 factor as James Bond celebrates his 60th birthday.
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Books
Bishop of Oxford Richard Harries assesses Trevor Beeson's profiles of 48 colourful bishops from the past 200 years.