Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings film trilogy (2001-03) was a global phenomenon that dominated screen culture in the early years of the 21st century. On a national level, an entire country, New...
A physicist's stories captivate Chris Sachrajda
The Crime of Reason: And the Closing of the Scientific Mind by Robert B. Laughlin, Anne T. and Robert M. Bass professor of physics, Stanford University, Basic Books, £15.99, ISBN 9780465005079"...
The forthcoming 50th anniversary of the Cuban Revolution will be marked by an avalanche of commentary. Some, especially in Latin America and Africa, will be characterised by admiration and gratitude...
There is one Terry Eagleton, and he is Mephistopheles. Forty years ago, when New Left Church came out, heretically announcing to the British intelligentsia and briefly radical students the...
1. Essential Grammar in Use by Helen Naylor and Raymond Murphy. Cambridge University Press, £19.50. ISBN 97805216754372. Business Studies 1 Pack by Edinburgh Management School. Pearson Education, £79...
James T. Crouse finds a work that plots the course of US aviation law is a breath of fresh air
As a reading and viewing public, we have become jaded with ever-more dramatic and graphic renderings of violent crime. Television routinely shows torture, imprisonment, even dismemberment - a recent...
At a time when the BBC in particular, and public service broadcasting in general, are being defended primarily on the grounds of their cultural worthiness and attacked for paying high fees to...
Katrina Schlunke is captivated by a work that navigates the tricky waters of historical reputation
My history degree was rigorous and traditional. The pendulum of curriculum swung between militarism and diplomacy. The disconnection between popular culture and history was stark and obvious. Some "...
A few weeks ago I was interviewed live on Radio Leicester on the subject of genes and behaviour.I was asked: "Are there genes for hobbies?". "No," said I. "Thank you very much," said the interviewer...
? = Review forthcomingART AND DESIGN- The Borghese Collections and the Display of Art in the Age of the Grand TourBy Carole Paul, lecturer in art history, University of California at Santa Barbara....
One of the larger-than-life billboards to be seen recently on the Paris Metro features a battered London bobby under a giant sign reading "Arretez de massacrer l'anglais!" (Stop massacring (the)...
In an unexpected development, our thrusting Director of Corporate Affairs, Jamie Targett, has indicated that he may throw his hat into the ring for the appointment as Chief Executive of Universities...