Distinguishing features
A Passion for Difference
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Gradual rise of people's prose
Cheap Print and Popular Piety, 1550-1640
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No exit from Arden
Antony and Cleopatra - Titus Andronicus - King Henry V - The Story that the Sonnets Tell
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Pilgrim's regress
Mecca
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The boom times of a rat catcher
Revolutionary Discourse in Mao's Republic - Deng Xiaoping and the Chinese Revolution - Burying Mao - Deng Xiaoping - China after Deng Xiaoping
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The influence of clouds, wind and reign
Divination, Mythology and Monarchy in Han China
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The munificent seven
The Seven Cultures of Capitalism
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To focus is to foam
The Yoruba Artists
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Final Word
This week's Final Word comes from a sharp-eyed lawyer: "With increasing distance our knowledge fades and fades rapidly. Eventually we reach the dim boundary, the utmost limits of our telescope. There...
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Speaking Volumes: The Principles of Quantum Mechanics
Graham Farmelo on Paul Dirac's The Principles of Quantum Mechanics . I shall always be indebted to Jeremy Thorpe's Liberal Party. As a teenager, it enabled me to earn my spending money and the job...
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Honours
ANGLIA POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY. On May 6, the following honorary degree was conferred: LL.D.: Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Bin Zain, deputy president of the Muslim Welfare Organisation (Perkim) and chairman of...
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Grants
UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER. Research contracts: Professor Gerald Cain, Pounds 70,000 from Dialog Semiconductor (consultancy). Research councils: Professor Peter Morse and Dennis Carroll, Pounds 128,...
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Events
THE LONDON INSTITUTE. The London Institute Gallery is exhibiting the work of final year fine art students from three of the London Institute Colleges (Camberwell College of Arts, Chelsea College of...
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Chairs
ROYAL COLLEGE OF ART. Nigel Coates has been appointed professor of architectural design. Noticeboard is compiled by Lynne Williams. For further information see also NetGazette on gopher.timeshigher....
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Appointments
LEICESTER UNIVERSITY. Michael Atiyah, president of the Royal Society, has been appointed chancellor. UNIVERSITY OF TEESSIDE. Janice Webster, senior lecturer in computer graphics, has been appointed...