Arts review: The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
A poignant and peerless stage production in a dazzling setting moves Dominic Shellard to tears

A poignant and peerless stage production in a dazzling setting moves Dominic Shellard to tears

All the world might be a stage, but Peter J. Smith finds little wit in Stephen Unwin's latest production

Italian Etchings: The Draughtsman's Print and other exhibitionsFitzwilliam Museum, CambridgeEtching developed as a printing technique in the 16th century, and this exhibition (which runs until 29...
Kingston upon ThamesElif Shafak in conversation with Richard CohenElif Shafak is the most widely read woman writer in Turkey. Her novels in both Turkish and English have proved best-sellers and been...

In a surprise move, our university has decided that it will no longer accept research funding from Attila the Hun.Speaking to The Poppletonian, our Director of Research Finance, L.G. Virement,...

A theoretical materials physicist, an entrepreneur, a journal editor and a keen horn player: Marshall Stoneham was a man of many talents.Professor Stoneham was born on 18 May 1940 in Barrow-in-...

Did Satan, the arch-villain, possess a 13-year-old boy, asks Gary Day, on the tale inspiring The Exorcist
So ministers and their advisers misunderstood the law relating to the Office for Fair Access' powers to require universities to charge specific tuition-fee levels? ("You mean Offa is toothless? The...
We are dismayed by the proposal of the University of Glasgow to eliminate German, Czech, Russian, Italian and Polish from its curriculum ("Polyglots plot as Glasgow letter screams foul over axe", 17...
I was appalled to learn of the proposed cuts to languages and the department of adult and continuing education at the University of Glasgow.In an increasingly interlinked world, knowledge of other...
I am shocked to hear that the University of Glasgow is considering making broad cuts in language instruction, particularly the Slavic languages. One of the reasons for Glasgow's global repute is the...
London-based institutions perform poorly in your Student Experience Survey ("Taking everything into consideration", 17 February). St George's, University of London does best (th); next is Royal...
Christine Buccella's feature, "The pursuit of hire education" (24 February), was a lucid reminder that students have a wealth of information available to them as they make their university choices -...
Tim Leunig's claim in "Quit the quotas: only competitive tension will keep fees down" (17 February) that more competition almost always brings prices down is contradicted by the history of mis-...
The decision by City University London and Birkbeck, University of London to make PhDs a standard job requirement ("Doctor yes: the rise and rise of PhDs as standard", 17 February) may well amount to...