Hermits and Recluses in English Society, 950-1200
The simple life of the hermit was a surprisingly complex business, Helen Castor discovers
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What If Derrida Was Wrong about Saussure?
The three books of Jacques Derrida's annus mirabilis, 1967 - L'Écriture et la difference, La voix et le phénomène and De la grammatologie - along with much of his work of the following decade, depend...
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Thinking in an Emergency
It is said that there are only seven different plots available to the storyteller, and people coping with crises is the basis for several (if not all) of these. The dramatic storytelling that forms a...
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The New North: The World in 2050
Steve Yearley is intrigued by a vision of an Arctic circle of nations benefiting from climate change
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Losing the Race: Thinking Psychosocially about Racially Motivated Crime
A few pages into this book and an old Punch cartoon came to mind: two (white) yokels leaning on a gate, watching another (white) male. The caption? Something along the lines of: "'Ere's a stranger -'...
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Radical Religion in Cromwell's England: A Concise History from the English Civil War to the End of the Commonwealth
Arch-conservatives such as Lewis Namier and A.L. Rowse could never understand why other historians wasted their time on the patently obvious losers of history and the "lunatic fringe", rather than...
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Turkey: A Short History
A historical narrative about Turkey is impressive but lacks a framework, warns M. Şükrü Hanioğlu
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One Nation Under Surveillance: A New Social Contract to Defend Freedom Without Sacrificing Liberty
Has the long, uneven crawl towards liberty that began with the Magna Carta come to an end? Much post-9/11 "everything has changed" writing claims that it has. This results either from the dirty hands...
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Social Anthropology and Human Origins
The study of human origins has, apparently, a big problem. A massive, unspoken problem, lurking like a veritable herd of elephants in the room. Or to use a metaphor more appropriate to this book, a...
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This Luminous Coast
Laurence Coupe is captivated by a celebration of the nature and culture of East Anglia's coastline
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No going back: young Turks see little reason to come home
Despite government inducements, Turkish postgraduates who study abroad are reluctant to join a 'toxic' system resistant to reform. Hannah Fearn writes
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Grant winners
MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL• Award winners: Frederic Tripet and Abdoulaye Diabate• Institutions: Keele University and the Centre Muraz, Burkina Faso• Value: £1,000,000The objective of the project is to...
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Blogconfidential: The horror, the horror...
Each week, Dr Margot Feelbetter poses a dilemma and offers advice for readers to respond to online. This week: The horror, the horror...
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Appointments
University of SydneyShane HoustonOne of Australia's leading experts on Aboriginal people has been appointed deputy vice-chancellor for indigenous strategy and services at the University of Sydney....
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Resurgence of interest in feminism in face of 'attacks'
Discrimination by prominent media figures comes under fire at symposium. Matthew Reisz reports