On Tolerance: A Defence of Moral Independence
Freedom withers if a culture of 'therapeutic censorship' flourishes, argues Mary Warnock
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A Martian Stranded on Earth: Alexander Bogdanov, Blood Transfusions, and Proletarian Science
Adept interlacing of three aspects of an influential Russian polymath impresses Yvonne Howell
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Sex, Wives, and Warriors: Reading Biblical Narrative with its Ancient Audience
Although the Bible is recognised globally as a fundamentally formative part of our culture, many people are increasingly unfamiliar with its stories. This refreshing rereading of some of the Bible's...
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Number-Crunching: Taming Unruly Computational Problems from Mathematical Physics to Science Fiction
I was just about to deliver this review of Number-Crunching by Paul Nahin, the electrical engineer and prolific popular science writer, when two news stories within 24 hours caused me to opt for a...
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The Arab Revolution: Ten Lessons from the Democratic Uprising
It may be too early for fresh scholarly insights on the Middle East uprisings, says Madawi Al-Rasheed
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The Strange Non-Death of Neoliberalism
Kevin Young assesses a persuasive analysis of the staying power of market-driven economics
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Milk: A Local and Global History
The history of humanity's engagement with milk is as much one of fear and revulsion as it is of pleasure and nutrition. For the Greeks and Romans, milk was for infants or to be poured on altars as...
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The Grand Chorus of Complaint: Authors and the Business Ethics of American Publishing
The great literary question in the period between the American Revolution and the Civil War concerned the morality of the emerging and powerful publishing industry. Here, Michael Everton explores the...
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Peace talks on a pressing matter
Publishers, scholars, funders must seek consensus, says the head of a new task force. John Gill reports
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News in brief
White Paper consultationNew Year, new universities billThe government is expected to issue an official response to separate consultations on the higher education White Paper and the regulation of the...
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Penalty for early repayment of fee loans is wrong, says Which?
Consumer rights champion Which? has urged the government to scrap plans to penalise students who repay their tuition fee loans early.
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Joy at science's CSR result sours as fiscal reality bites
Cuts and inflation eat away at spending review deal - and researchers' goodwill. John Gill writes
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Salford's bold move to MediaCity's lights, cameras and action
£30m campus in broadcast hub will boost industry links and graduate prospects, v-c tells John Morgan
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Unsensational news
A specialist journalistic organisation could allow academics to explain their work without distortion, suggests Peter Geoghegan
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From the heat of persecution to the cold shadow of neglect
Plight of refugee academics compounded by Western 'inhospitality'. Matthew Reisz reports