Denial: The Unspeakable Truth, by Keith Kahn-Harris
Book of the week: It is not so hard to tell when people are lying, says Robert Eaglestone, of an unconvincing analysis
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American Originality: Essays on Poetry, by Louise Glück
Louise Glück’s timeless essays about poetry are piquant declarations, writes David Gewanter
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Art and Authority: Moral Rights and Meaning in Contemporary Visual Art, by K. E. Gover
This discussion of in what sense an artist owns their artwork is at its most interesting when discussing the paradoxes of ‘appropriation art’, says Jane O’Grady
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Books editor’s blog: don’t panic – a thinking person’s guide to today
Yuval Noah Harari, having done the past and the future, offers us 21 Lessons for the 21st Century
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Can universities beat contract cheating?
As students increasingly turn to essay mills to do their work, Anna McKie explores what drives this global trend and how universities are fighting it
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Learning gain: political expedient or meaningful measurement?
The political craving for simple measures of learning gain is neither pedagogically informed nor sufficiently nuanced. Four academics argue that only by changing focus will the concept become useful
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Medieval Sensibilities: A History of Emotions in the Middle Ages, by Damien Boquet and Piroska Nagy
Becket’s murder is dissected in a study of 1,000 years of the Christian West, says Rachel Moss
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Gypsies: An English History, by David Cressy
R. C. Richardson on a study that spans five centuries of history and takes in culture, caravans and ‘badger ham’
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What are you reading? – 13 September 2018
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Tory MP: ‘Commons arithmetic’ may bring overseas student change
A ‘simple ask’ inserted into immigration bill could bring more open regime, says Nicky Morgan
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Pay extra 1% of salary to save USS pension benefits, says panel
Additional contribution from staff combined with 2 per cent extra from employers would be enough to keep current USS pension scheme, say experts
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No two superheroes are alike
Although universities share a common goal, they face diverse challenges that make it unhelpful to view them as a homogeneous mass
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Letters – 13 September 2018
Guesstimates won’t do for loans, either It was great to read a clear assessment of the Universities Superannuation Scheme (“How can the pension crisis be resolved?”, Features, 6 September). But I...