Dietrich & Riefenstahl: Hollywood, Berlin, and a Century in Two Lives, by Karin Wieland
A highly readable study traces how both women became part of cultural and political networks that shaped the 20th century, writes Ulrike Zitzlsperger
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Remaking History: The Past in Contemporary Historical Fictions, by Jerome de Groot
The question of whether fictional representations of the past can offer as much insight as scholarly histories is tackled with verve, says Philip Kemp
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The Health Gap: The Challenge of an Unequal World, by Michael Marmot
Inequality in income lowers the life expectancy of everyone in society, says Marcus Chown
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Pure Intelligence: The Life of William Hyde Wollaston, by Melvyn C. Usselman
Richard Joyner on a remarkable but forgotten chemist
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1606: William Shakespeare and the Year of Lear, by James Shapiro
Lisa Hopkins on a defining time in the Bard’s career
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The Con Men: Hustling in New York City, by Terry Williams and Trevor B. Milton
From living rent-free to Madoff’s fraud, a study of scams forces us to face our sins, says Dick Hobbs
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What are you reading? – 22 October 2015
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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How my love of Janáček led to a role in the Cold War
Nicholas Till on how his love for the Czech composer led to his bringing back more than LPs from Soviet-dominated Prague
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Africa’s ‘teaching shops’: the rise of private universities
Are the continent’s for-profits exploiting students or have they helped to widen access?, asks Chris Havergal
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The week in higher education – 22 October 2015
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the national press
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Grant winners – 22 October 2015
A round-up of recent recipients of research council cash