Underground resistance
Uta Kornmeier muses on the unexpected unearthing in Berlin of some remarkable survivors of Nazi cultural vandalism
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Diary
LondonFrankensteinMary Shelley's Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus, published anonymously in 1818 when she was just 19, remains one of the archetypal statements of anxiety about modernity,...
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Catch me if you can
Our Head of Overseas Recruitment, Geraldine Transept, has refused to apologise for an open letter addressed to potential EU students that would appear to encourage a degree of duplicity.In the letter...
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Reynolds Price, 1933-2011
The best-selling author Reynolds Price was originally appointed to a three-year teaching post at Duke University in 1958, a contract that had "no chance of being extended".He died last month after 53...
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TV review: Science Under Attack
Gary Day winces at an encounter between Sir Paul Nurse and James Delingpole, where rationality loses
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Film review: All Good Things
Duncan Wu is impressed by an intelligent, complex murder story that has been poorly received in the US
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Age of retirement: American payouts target tenured staff
Cash-strapped states offer golden goodbyes to slash the wage bill. Jon Marcus reports
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Odds and quads: Sir Hamilton Harty's collapsible top hat
This collapsible top hat belonged to the conductor and composer Sir Hamilton Harty (1879-1941).
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Too small to fail
Tim Birkhead ponders the optimal size and location of the conference venue
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Research Intelligence - When every little helps
Amid tight budgets and uncertainty, Nerc's head looks to cost efficiency to protect its mission. Paul Jump reports
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The Pick - Made in Northampton
Every marriage is different
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What are you reading?
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Campus round-up
Liverpool Hope UniversityMiss Canada to Lady MadonnaA Canadian musician has become the first student to complete the long and winding road to graduation on Liverpool Hope University's master's degree...
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The week in higher education
Revenge is a dish best served cold, not hot and steaming. But the adage appears to have been ignored by a maths professor at California State University, Northridge, who is accused of urinating on a...
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3 February 2011
Seeds of content - Can overseas branch campuses deliver on their promises?