1. Theogony and Works and Days by Hesiod, translated by M.L. WestOxford University Press, £7.99. ISBN 97801928394112. Modern Literary Theory: A Reader edited by Patricia Waugh and Philip RiceHodder...
Anthony Phelan on a rich harvest of insight and riddle from one of Europe's great cultural critics
The title of this book is misleading in two ways. First, it is not simply devoted to the praise of prejudice but differentiates between what its author terms "good" and "bad" prejudice. Second, the...
At the heart of this clear and elegantly written book is one of the central questions that has faced anyone practising or teaching in any of the major art forms during the past century. As Caroline...
The Žižek variations: Julian Baggini on the bravura art of repetition.
The Second Plane - September 11: 2001-2007 by Martin Amis, professor of creative writing, University of Manchester. Jonathan Cape, £12.99 ISBN 9780224076104"It was not the slaughter of 11th September...
ART AND DESIGNThe Cambridge Companion to GiottoEdited by Anne Derbes, professor of art at Hood College and Mark Sandona, professor of English, Hood CollegeCambridge University Press, £18.99. ISBN...
This week’s competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a romantic adventure set in the French Revolution:"He was born with a gift of laughter and a sense...
Research council aims to integrate science and policy in flagship programme. Zoe Corbyn reports.
European Research Council.Forty-one UK researchers have won European Research Council "starting independent research grants". Below we publish details of 23 winners; we will print the remainder next...
Birkbeck's Ian Conrich, the driving force behind New Zealand studies in the UK, fell in love with the country via its cinema.
The Arts and Humanities Research Council has appointed a professor of art history as its new director of research. Shearer West will take up the post in May. Professor West is a professor of art...
Employers and grant-holders concerned at lack of qualified research staff. Melanie Newman writes.
Vice-chancellor's quality drive brings accusations of 'done deals'. Melanie Newman reports.
The Government's commitment to involve employers in devising and funding degree courses has been likened to Oscar Wilde's depiction of second marriage as "a triumph of hope over experience"....