The insecure scholar: The Dawkins dilemma
The thought of becoming a public intellectual has many attractions but plenty of downsides, too
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Leeds strike on cards if arbitration fails
UCU demands that university rules out compulsory redundancies in cost-cutting plan. John Morgan reports
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Freedom of thought is all we foment
Even as he prepares to investigate the time the alleged Detroit bomber spent at UCL, Malcolm Grant argues that intellectual freedom on campus cannot be compromised
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A good shepherd guides gently
Graeme Harper says postgraduates need good supervisors, but they also need more recognition from universities and the GovernmentWhat makes a good supervisor? Do you want a no-holds-barred answer? OK...
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Battered but unbowed
Bahram Bekhradnia discusses his experiences as an observer of Palestine's universities. Despite the manifold dangers posed by the Israeli occupation, they continue to succeed against the odds unbowed
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Journey of the sole - My Eureka moment
A photography student's holiday snaps and a trip to the traffic-free streets of Mozambique led Caroline Knowles to embark on a project tracing the route to market of the common plastic flip-flop
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THE Book of the Week - Who Was Jacques Derrida? An Intellectual Biography
Martin McQuillan applauds an outsider's appraisal of the giant of deconstruction
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I Drink Therefore I Am: A Philosopher's Guide to Wine
Martin Cohen is unimpressed by a work that staggers and falls between three stools
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The Dying and the Doctors: The Medical Revolution in Seventeenth-Century England
This book investigates the "medicalisation" of England in the 17th century, "the pattern by which the English turned from praying for spiritual physic to paying for medicines when struggling with...
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The Canon - Rural Rides By William Cobbett
While in Farnham one October to teach journalism, I recalled my first encounter with William Cobbett, a famous son of the Surrey town. My inspirational A-level history teachers used his weekly...
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Wounds, Flesh, and Metaphor in Seventeenth-Century England
Jerome de Groot delights in a study of language in the middle of strife-ridden 17th-century England
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Post-War Italian Cinema: American Intervention, Vatican Interests
Post-War Italian Cinema: American Intervention, Vatican Interests. By Daniela Treveri Gennari. Routledge. 218pp, £65.00. ISBN 9780415962872. Published February 2009For many people, postwar Italian...
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In Defence of the Enlightenment
On what intellectual and moral bases do we wish to construct our communal life? We will not receive any help from politicians (obsessed as they are with political correctness, greed and getting or...
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Exit Capitalism: Literary Culture, Theory, and Post-Secular Modernity
Edward Quipp is provoked by a portrayal of key moments in English literary and cultural history
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Personal Responsibility: Why It Matters
Quite rightly, Alexander Brown appears to think that a book entitled Personal Responsibility: Does It Matter? would be an unnecessary prequel. Here, he is evidently happy to accept the importance of...