Queen of the Wits: A Life of Laetitia Pilkington Helen Wilcox is transfixed by the rolling and rollicking life of a saucy Grub Street manipulator 6 March
Cross-discipline plan aims to give the past a future Arts and sciences will join forces in a new heritage science research programme. Zoe Corbyn reports 28 February
Healthy rise in undergraduate applications English institutions record second year of growth but Welsh take a hit. Rebecca Attwood reports By Rebecca Attwood 14 February
Admin cuts lead to loss of history centre at Glasgow A long-running funding row has led to an HEA budget review and reorganisation. John Gill reports By John Gill 14 February
In the beginning were the Words Anthony Freeman on the histories, myths and exegesis that grew into Judaeo-Christian Scriptures. 7 February
Between Iraq and a hard place In an otherwise usefully myth-debunking work on risk management in an age of war, Bill Durodié looks in vain for an admission that debate on the invasion must go beyond cost-benefit analysis. 31 January
Invitation to Terror: The Expanding Empire of the Unknown Policymakers are being driven by irrational nightmares, observes Conor Gearty. 24 January
Bastions of Britishness Jeffrey Richards revels in Piers Brendon's vivid evocation of a liberal Empire with an irreconcilable paradox at its heart. 24 January
Intellectual extras Makers of films and TV shows often hire scholars to give projects authenticity and gravitas, but what's in it for the academics? asks Reece Mathews 17 January
It takes more than hugs to steer a righteous course through the new world order Progressive Foreign Policy 16 November
