Mountbatten: Apprentice War Lord 1900-1943
He had it all: royal blood, good looks, an immensely rich if unfaithful wife, who provided him with a mansion in Park Lane, and close friendships with film stars. He also had charm by the bucketful....
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Spas, Wells, and Pleasure-Gardens of London
Drunken, bawdy, creative - English character owes much to 18th-century pleasures, says Timothy Mowl
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The Ecological Thought
About 15 years ago, the poet Gary Snyder published an article titled "Is Nature Real?". In it he made a heartfelt complaint: "I'm getting grumpy about the slippery arguments being put forth by high-...
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Play it Again: Cover Songs in Popular Music
These numbers describe the respective cover versions I own of the Arctic Monkeys' I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor, Blue Oyster Cult's Don't Fear the Reaper, Ian and Sylvia's Four Strong Winds...
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Published this week
ARTS AND DESIGN- Anarchism and the Advent of Paris Dada: Art and Criticism, 1914-1924By Theresa Papanikolas, curator of European and American art, Honolulu Academy of ArtsAshgate, £55.00ISBN...
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Get switched on to who is logging on 1
If university websites are evaluated only as a marketing tool for attracting undergraduate applicants ("Deciphering the code", 19 August), there is a danger that they will become less usable for...
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Get switched on to who is logging on 2
Alongside universities offering more relevant information on their home pages, they also need to get out there on the sites where students actually communicate and engage. Why is it that a university...
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Get switched on to who is logging on 3
Pondering the usefulness of university presences online, it seems to me that one crucial factor is missing - namely a facility for interacting with university vice-chancellors. A weekly session...
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Choice proposition
I don't know who Renata Salecl has been hanging about with (maybe it's all Lacanian theorists round her way) ("Decisions, decisions", 19 August), but if she'd care to visit us in Cardiff it would be...
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Satisfying change
Despite some negative reporting on the recent National Student Survey published by the Higher Education Funding Council for England ("The art of joy in short supply at creative colleges, NSS shows",...
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From particles to politics
While I share the concerns of Julian Huppert MP about advocating science in Parliament, your report on "A geneticist in the House" (12 August) is mistaken in stating that Huppert is "one of only two...
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Quality and now quantity
The claims about universities and diplomas in Times Higher Education fail to explain that very few students chose to take the advanced diploma in 2008 (The Week in Higher Education, 19 August). It...
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For-profit, FoI free? 1
Whatever the merits of increased private-sector involvement in our universities, Carl Lygo of BPP University College is wrong when he tells THE readers that "those bodies that inspect BPP are subject...
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For-profit, Fol free? 2
Why would any private college take on departments that are closed by cuts ("Struggling colleges reach for BPP life raft in a bid to stay afloat", 19 August)? Yes, the staff may be excellent, but the...
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Bad cure for good health
May I offer congratulations to the Universities Superannuation Scheme investment staff on their £40,000 bonus payments ("Bumper bonuses for USS staff reignite union anger", www.timeshighereducation....