CSR 2010: A curate’s egg
The coalition’s qualified support for science recognises that universities are the ‘jewels’ in the UK’s economic crown, argues Paul Clark. But the huge cuts to non-STEM teaching require decisions to...
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Sorry, non comprendo, I'm British
Modern languages should be a passport to life, so why are so few students queuing up to learn them? In a special report on Britain's linguistic skills gap, Matthew Reisz discovers that, globally...
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We need to put the case for languages, and universities should lead the way
Michael Worton, who has chronicled the beleaguered state of modern languages, argues that in an age of global citizenship it must be revitalised
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Britain trumpets diversity yet persists in its campaign of cultural ring-fencing
Glyn Hambrook catalogues the benefits and joys of mastering a foreign tongue, a skill that opens the door to a network of international contacts
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World crisis in humanities, not many hurt
Martha Nussbaum fears our critical culture, inculcated by a liberal arts education, is under attack, with democracy itself coming under threat. Matthew Reisz thinks her case is overstated
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China: A Modern History
Kerry Brown on a masterfully concise account of two tumultuous centuries in the life of a giant
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Honeybee Democracy
Swarm behaviour can teach people a lot about collective decision-making, Zachary Huang finds
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History and Neorealism
The academic study of international relations has taken rather different forms in the US and the UK. It is normally classed as a branch of political science in the US, where that discipline is...
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The Canon: Totemism by Claude Lévi-Strauss
I recently wrote a piece celebrating the longevity of Claude Lévi-Strauss. His unfortunate death while it was in press converted what was intended as sincere tribute into sneering irony. But the...
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Seurat Re-viewed
Alex Danchev on an adventurous collection that brings the pointillist's remarkable oeuvre to life
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The Artificial Ape: How Technology Changed the Course of Human Evolution
What is it that makes humans different? The Artificial Ape seeks to answer this question by showing how technology, which originated as far back as 2.6 million years ago with the Australopithecines,...
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The Professional Guinea Pig: Big Pharma and the Risky World of Human Subjects
Roberto Abadie has written an absorbing ethnographic study of clinical trials that focuses not on the clinic or the clinicians, the science or its development, but the research participants in phase...
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Under the Gaydar
For decades, gay men lived in a 'virtual' world outside the mainstream, so links between the subculture and the web are both logical and ripe for scrutiny. Matthew Reisz cruises the 'queer digital...
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Human resources
Duncan Wu applauds the sensitive approach to a tale set in an inhumane world with twisted morals
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Diary
LondonMove: Choreographing YouVisitors breathe in and squeeze through a tight corridor illuminated in green, then fight their way through a wall of white balloons. They enter a room with two-way...