Recipes and Everyday Knowledge: Medicine, Science and the Household in Early Modern England, by Elaine Leong
Ann Hughes samples an account of household recipe creation in 17th-century England
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Women, Writing, and Travel in the Eighteenth Century, by Katrina O’Loughlin
In recounting their journeys, female writers could talk about themselves, their values, their civic engagement and their responses to contemporary affairs in Britain, writes Abigail Williams
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What are you reading? – 11 October 2018
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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The place of unions in the academy
From the largest strike in the history of UK higher education, to the US ‘academic precariat’ looking to unionise to improve their conditions, Jack Grove assesses the changing influence of workers’...
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Appointments – 11 October 2018
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Seapower States: Maritime Culture, Continental Empires and the Conflict that Made the Modern World, by Andrew Lambert
Book of the week: Were some naval powers such as Britain inherently liberal and outward-looking? asks Sarah Kinkel
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This Land Is Your Land: The Story of Field Biology in America, by Michael J. Lannoo
An otherwise strong account of America’s scientific pioneers largely forgets women, says Leslie Kemp Poole
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Security and Terror: American Culture and the Long History of Colonial Modernity, by Eli Jelly-Schapiro
Stuart Schrader is reminded how likely we are to be led astray if we accept state discourse at face value
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New and noteworthy – 11 October 2018
Guilty pleasures, the people’s voice examined, toothsome characters and the daily grind, Roman style
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Interview with Tarunabh Khaitan
The winner of the inaugural Letten Prize talks about using his research to fight discrimination and the battles between power and democracy
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Geoffrey Petts, 1953-2018
Tributes paid to leading river scientist who led University of Westminster for more than a decade
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Open University ‘should teach students on campus’
Under-pressure distance learning provider could reap rewards by opening its main campus to traditional learners, argues Higher Education Policy Institute director
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Chinese students ‘increasingly scared’ about US study
Recruitment experts say visa and safety concerns ‘spell trouble for all but the highest-ranked American institutions’