First Impressions
This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, comes from a novel by a Nobel laureate decorated for bravery in the second world war: "The fretted hands of...
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True colours: the party lines on Europe
If historian John Ramsden is right, Euroscepticism will return the Tories to power, writes Brian Brivati. But, as David Baker observes, Europe is also the issue that has polarised the party....
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The trouble with ghosts
A year on, ponders questions of faith brought out by the hauntings at Peterhouse. I haven't been here long. And time counts. Peterhouse was founded in 1284. Its oldest buildings date from the 14th...
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Other ghostly visitations to Cambridge
Corpus Christi College: Bangs, visions and shaking washstands thought to be the ghost of Henry Butts, college master who hanged himself in 1632, or the lover of a master's daughter who suffocated in...
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A matter of strife and death
Charles Woolfson's concern for workers' rights has made him the bane of corporate business, writes Alison Utley. Charles Woolfson is accustomed to receiving anonymous brown envelopes, and this...
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The history of the blue
If historian John Ramsden is right, Euroscepticism will return the Tories to power, writes Brian Brivati. But, as David Baker observes, Europe is also the issue that has polarised the party. They...
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The history of the blues
If historian John Ramsden is right, Euroscepticism will return the Tories to power, writes Brian Brivati. But, as David Baker observes, Europe is also the issue that has polarised the party. * 1979-...
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The power behind the lectern
What is power, and do academics have any? asks Susan Greenfield. When I and seven other people drawn from business, public service, politics and the media started to compile a list of the 300 most...
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Higher channels
John Davies makes a weekly selection of radio and television programmes likely to be of interest to THES readers. (All times pm unless stated.) Pick of the week The Truth About Art: Gods (Sunday 8.0...
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In God, not scientists, they trust
Many Americans still prefer the Bible's version of our origins to Darwin's. Edward J. Larson looks at a long-running feud. For half this century, it was a crime to teach evolution in the public...
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Sources for research funding
Each fortnight this section will list funds available for academic researchers. Details should be submitted to research@thesis.co.uk Cancer Research Campaign 10 Cambridge Terrace London NW1 4JL Tel:...
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Part-time work takes its toll
Long hours and low pay are having a serious impact on the performance of students who have to take part-time jobs, according to research published by Glasgow Caledonian and Paisley Universities in...
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The top ten colleges and improving colleges based on A-level point scores
Top ten collegesand sixth-formconsortia average A/AS points score per candidate. Dame Allan's Schools Centre*25.3 Runshaw College 23.1 St Aidan's andSt John FisherAssociated SixthForm Centre*23...
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Eye eye
(Photograph) - Prince Andrew at the Royal Observatory Greenwich, where he opened a new gallery. The observatory, which was founded in 1675, regained its name following the recent closure of the Royal...
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Jo Rusco
(Photograph) - Saving face: Jo Rusco paid her way through a Manchester Metropolitan University sociology degree by face painting.