Benjamin Britten: A Life in the Twentieth Century by Paul Kildea
Kate Kennedy praises a biography that examines the contradictory aspects of the composer’s character
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30 Great Myths About Shakespeare by Laurie Maguire and Emma Smith
Gary Day reviews stories about the great playwright’s life - fact or fiction?
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Education: A Very Short Introduction by Gary Thomas
Anthony Feiler reviews a concise explanation of how the UK education system works and how it evolved
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The Blue Sapphire of the Mind: Notes for a Contemplative Ecology by Douglas Christie
Jules Pretty agrees that, for sustainable living, people need to feel a connection with the natural world
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Honora Bartlett, Stephen Halliday, Roger Morgan, Eileen Pollard and Emma L.E. Rees...
…on The Towers of Trebizond, Edward I and the Governance of England, Six Moments of Crisis, Derrida: A Biography and The Good Psychologist
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Appointments - 7 March 2013
University of TokyoCatriona ElderA University of Sydney academic who has been appointed visiting professor in Australian studies at the University of Tokyo said it was evidence that her family’s...
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THE Scholarly Web - 7 March 2013
Weekly transmissions from the blogosphere
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Please ensure that students drink responsibly
Don’t ‘turn blind eye’ to excessive boozing, heads tell universities
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7 March 2013
Creative accountability - Blurring the lines between artistic endeavour and academic research
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Imperial College London’s new £1bn campus
West London development will provide facilities for research, translation and commercialisation, explains Sir Keith O’Nions, Imperial president
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A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Ducks in a row
Helen Bynum on the rewards, delight and egg-citement of dabbling in duck-keeping
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Opus versus output
Artistic practice can certainly be research - but the present model in UK universities is confused and lacks intellectual rigour, argues Nicholas Till
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Obituary - Trevor Elliott
One of the most influential geoscientists of his generation has died.Trevor Elliott was born in Lancashire on 26 August 1949 and educated at Derby School. After graduating in geology from the...
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Awards and promotions
University of TokyoCatriona ElderA University of Sydney academic who has been appointed visiting professor in Australian studies at the University of Tokyo said it was evidence that her family’s...