Frank Manuel was already a distinguished historian with several excellent books on Utopianism to his credit when, in 1979, he and his wife, Fritzie, published this magnum opus. More comprehensive,...
A 19th-century obsession with the macabre was the medieval church's saviour, says James Stevens Curl
This short book enters into a debate that has a lengthy history, not only in the context of cinema but in relation to the cultural industries more broadly. From its inception, cinema has found itself...
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...
New mobile-phone software has been developed by academics at Imperial College London to allow scientists to collect and record data when they are out in the field. The application, known as...
An entrepreneur has donated £1.5 million to the University of Hull to establish a new biosciences research centre. Assem Allam's donation will yield almost £3 million thanks to matched-funding...