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“Art is long, life is short,” goes the old saying. Scholarship and scientific research suffer much the same condition. They are long. But art, scholarship and scientific research no longer struggle...
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David Eastwood, Kerstin Hoge, R.C. Richardson, Peter J. Smith and Sharon Wheeler...
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Payback: The Case for Revenge by Thane Rosenbaum
Judith Rowbotham on the arguments for a justice system that enables a victim to be avenged
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Making Scientists: Six Principles for Effective College Teaching by Gregory Light and Marina Micari
Averil Macdonald on a US system of collaborative learning in which facilitator students help their peers to learn
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Moral Crusades in an Age of Mistrust: The Jimmy Savile Scandal by Frank Furedi
R. Danielle Egan on an analysis of scandals that fails to link them with a sociological narrative
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The Hermit in the Garden: From Imperial Rome to Ornamental Gnome by Gordon Campbell
Timothy Mowl enjoys an accessible study that wears its learning lightly
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The final flowering of a Nobel hothouse
A derelict research lab once used by Sir James Black is revived in an artistic installation
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Odds and quads - 23 May 2013
These miniature picture Bibles were created by two German sisters from Augsburg around 1690
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Victorian horror author re-emerges from the gloaming
An exhibition gives context and renewed attention to Richard Marsh, whose work outsold Dracula
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Grant winners - 23 May 2013
Action Medical ResearchResearch Project GrantsAward winner: Peter TaylorInstitution: University College LondonValue: £114,845Bacterial meningitis in newborn babies: harnessing the body’s natural...
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THE Scholarly Web - 23 May 2013
Weekly transmissions from the blogosphere
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Appointments - 23 May 2013
Deakin UniversityGary SmithThe new deputy vice-chancellor for global engagement at Deakin University in Australia said his immediate thoughts were that he “loved the brand” of the “worldly”...
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Geza Vermes, 1924-2013
A leading expert on the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Jewish background to the New Testament has died
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No laughing matter
Where have all the student satirists gone? wonders Sally Feldman
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Universities reject course-by-course costs breakdown
Full disclosure could break competition law, conference hears