Under the Gaydar
For decades, gay men lived in a 'virtual' world outside the mainstream, so links between the subculture and the web are both logical and ripe for scrutiny. Matthew Reisz cruises the 'queer digital...

For decades, gay men lived in a 'virtual' world outside the mainstream, so links between the subculture and the web are both logical and ripe for scrutiny. Matthew Reisz cruises the 'queer digital...
Duncan Wu applauds the sensitive approach to a tale set in an inhumane world with twisted morals
LondonMove: Choreographing YouVisitors breathe in and squeeze through a tight corridor illuminated in green, then fight their way through a wall of white balloons. They enter a room with two-way...

The Barber of Seville (or Salisbury)King's Head Theatre, LondonUntil 14 November (Wednesdays to Sundays)In December last year, a company called OperaUpClose mounted a new production of Puccini's La...

Gary Day learns that nothing is not necessarily what we think it is, and is inspired by a tale of aspiration

A leading figure in the world of librarianship has died.Maurice Line was born in Bedford on 21 June 1928 and educated at Bedford School before studying classics at Exeter College, Oxford.He embarked...

Rumours that the publication of Lord Browne's review of higher education might have prompted a number of unfortunate developments at our university have been dismissed as "hysterical scaremongering"...
There is a serious contradiction at the heart of Lord Browne of Madingley's review of higher education ("Lord of the market: let competition and choice drive quality", 14 October).On the one hand,...
There is another downstream effect to be considered if, as Browne seems to wish, future graduates from English universities are to find themselves burdened with post-graduation debts of £30,000 or...
One key statement in the Browne Review has not been widely reported: "Businesses will not be compelled to contribute more - they contribute by rewarding graduates with higher wages." Presumably these...
Currently, more than 180,000 students in about 280 further education colleges are following higher education programmes, representing 10 per cent of total student numbers in higher education.The...
There is a real danger that the impact of the Browne Review's recommendations on access to higher education for those from lower-income groups will slip down the agenda in the forthcoming weeks. But...
Drawing parallels between contemporary UK politics and British colonialism in India, Africa and New Zealand may be unpalatable for the Liberal Democrats and Conservatives in the coalition government...
After the Browne Review and in these austere times, I have come to the regrettable conclusion that vice-chancellors are uneconomic and will need to be phased out. If a figurehead is needed at any...
I was surprised to read that Julian Beer of the University of Plymouth believes that the existing funding method has encouraged homogeneity and that a market would drive more institutions to...