As Donald Rumsfeld memorably observed: "There are also unknown unknowns - the ones we don't know we don't know." While it is a truism that we do not know the things we are not conscious of, the...
A theory that dispels the idea of Earth's systems being self-regulating does not convince Jon Turney
As a sociologist and ethnographer fascinated by the lived experiences of people, I was interested in reading a book that uses the research methodologies of ethnography, case studies and oral life...
In the preface to her study of Atom Egoyan, Emma Wilson refers to the film-maker's fascination with Alain Resnais' Last Year at Marienbad (1961) and Nicolas Roeg's Don't Look Now (1973), two seminal...
A historian and a literary critic walk into a pub ... such formulaic jokes typically open with characters (eg, an Englishman, a Welshman and a Scotsman) united through some shared affiliation (ie,...
In the political ordering and governance of early modern England, J.L. McIntosh argues that power was distributed and exercised through the households of the nobility. While national policy may have...
The quirky tales behind London's commemorative icons revive Duncan Wu's enthusiasm for the city
The right not to be tortured is unique among internationally recognised human rights.Where even the right to life is qualified by exclusions - in war, in self-defence, or in judicial proceedings...
Peter Hart is unconvinced by the assertion that the secret to a soldier's survival was his family
? = Review forthcomingBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES- ?The Earwig's Tail: A Modern Bestiary of Multi-legged LegendsBy May R. Berenbaum, professor and head of the department of entomology, University of Illinois...
Two recent pieces in Times Higher Education struck me as shocking and pathetic. Richard Austen-Baker's determination to blame school teachers and educationists for the weaknesses of teaching in UK...
Once again we have an extraordinary letter that suggests that education is different from any other subject taught at university. I very much doubt that Richard Austen-Baker would agree that lawyers...
According to Phil Baty (Leader, 17 September), now is the time for the higher education sector to unite to make its case for enhanced public investment. He says: "It is obvious that we have a strong...
After the furore surrounding MPs' expenses, it was with amazement that I read the news item about the use of university funds by Simon Lee, former vice-chancellor of Leeds Metropolitan University,...
In an item on the celebratory 25th birthday issue of Wasafiri ("Worthy traveller: publication that reshaped the landscape turns silver", 17 September), an article of mine in the birthday issue was...