Reflecting in the house of moral mirrors
Are we naturally moral? Mary Midgley reconsiders 'human nature' Natural Goodness is a joyful book and one that is really needed. It resists a deadening error that has long deformed academic moral...
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Dirty and snobby? Must be the poms
Anglo-Australian Attitudes
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Emperors need their voices
The Cambridge Ancient History
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Glitz steals glory off gene
The Sequence
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London's Monster circus
The London Monster
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Fast news and fasts to halt rain
The Nineteenth Century, 1815-1901
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First Impressions
This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a novel about the suppression of books. "It was a pleasure to burn." The winner receives a £25...
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Life and death in Victorian numbers
The Demography of Victorian England and Wales
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Enlightening short takes on a century of two halves
The Eighteenth Century, 1688-1815 - The Eighteenth Century, 1688-1815
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Why Nelson should have deployed his good eye
Precursors of Nelson - Most Secret and Confidential
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An aide-memoire for all Americans
The American Civil War - The Valley of the Shadow
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Hemp-smoking and ecstatic states in Africa's dark heart
Out of Our Minds
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Laurie Taylor column
From: The Vice-Chancellor To: All Academic Staff I am pleased to report that the Bursar has at last finished reading Professor Ramsden's research report, Patterns of Higher Education in the UK. It...
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Leader: Caught in Catch-22 of widening participation
Beyond the lurid glare of this week's events, quiet discussion has been going on about the future of universities: who should enrol; how should they be regulated; and how should students be supported...