Phenomenal Shakespeare
Bruce Smith's twin targets in Phenomenal Shakespeare are theory and history, "closed systems of thought" that function as graven images, taking us away from the loving touch of Shakespeare.Since the...
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Mother tongue's unruly offspring
An exhibition celebrating the diversity of English throughout history prompts Matthew Reisz to wonder if it is ever possible to halt a language's evolution
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Daytime TV: Needs must
Like cleaning skyscraper windows, the job of helping children in need is never finished, says Gary Day
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Diary
LondonHomage 10x5: Blake's ArtistsThe pop artist Sir Peter Blake, probably most famous for the sleeve of the Beatles' album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, has long been an enthusiastic...
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The Pick - Waltzing into the abyss
Badenheim 1939Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London, 26 November-1 DecemberA self-important impresario bustles around trying to ensure he has all the performers he needs for the annual music...
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Hugh Berrington, 1928-2010
A charismatic lecturer on the psychological aspects of politics has died.Hugh Berrington was born in Ewell, Surrey on 12 December 1928. He was educated at Ewell Castle School and, at the age of 15,...
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Film review: The American
Duncan Wu finds unexpected depth in a tale of a fearful assassin, but not in the lead's acting
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Bonfire of the humanities
"We have been inspired by the University of Aberdeen's innovative approach to waste," explained Jamie Targett, our Director of Corporate Affairs, as he announced the university's new policy for...
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HEA, don't change the subject centres
Speaking from institutions across the country and the perspectives of a wide range of disciplines, we write to express our profound consternation at the Higher Education Academy's decision to...
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Choice cut (1 of 2)
David Eastwood asks "Who's afraid of student choice?" (11 November) and accuses the academy of "timidity". But the Browne Review designates "priority subjects" without regard to student choice or...
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Choice cut (2 of 2)
Eastwood's defence of the Browne Review relies on wishful thinking. He predicts that "students will enter as discriminating and informed applicants and will study as expectant and committed learners...
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Spirited opposition
Your article "Bristol v-c faced no opposition in bid to become UUK president" (18 November) fails to paint the full picture. Universities UK's strategy regarding the government's cuts programme and...
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Illume the heart of darkness
Yes, a great many so-called "historical" novels are trash ("History in the faking", 18 November). Is War and Peace also trash? I ask mainly because Leo Tolstoy was scathing about the contributions of...
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If always broke, fix it
Peter Geoghegan argues that the massive student protest in London on 10 November reflected real anger and is likely to be the first of many ("Student riots, the first taste of the fruits of unbridled...
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Great - more red tape!
Aaron Porter, the president of the National Union of Students, is absolutely right ("New market, new rules: NUS signals consumer revolution", 18 November). Only by diverting a greater proportion of...