Back to the future
The early part of the 20th century witnessed an explosion of avant- garde art that threw off the shackles of the past to embrace the dynamism and challenge of the modern age. Stephen Bury revisits an...
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Who do they think we are?
What does 'Britishness' mean to people living in former colonies and to migrants newly arrived in the UK? Vron Ware decided to find out. The concept of national identity is in crisis. Despite Gordon...
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Matters of life and death
The Death of Socrates - Socrates
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Poetry, insults and disdain
Ezra Pound
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Notes of terror amid global conflict
Music in the Post-9/11 World
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A friend of il maestro offers light but not warmth
Federico Fellini
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The truth behind the trope
Figuratively Speaking
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First Impressions
This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentences, is from a dark tale of food, travel and murder: "This is not a conventional cookbook. Though I should...
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Concepts where there are none
The Origins of Meaning
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Injecting enterprise into the old monastic vision
University Dynamics and European Integration
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It doesn't pay to let the facts obscure the way
The Story Is True
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Angelic creatures inspired to genius
Creation
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'Inherently frail' - the verdict on marking
Call for debate as lack of consistency in assessment attracts warning of student litigation. Rebecca Attwood reports. Lecturers' marking of student work is "inherently frail" and assessment...
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Oxbridge targets 'cannot be met': Ryan
Oxford and Cambridge universities will continue to miss their targets for admitting state school pupils "for the foreseeable future", the head of New College, Oxford, argues in today's Times Higher...
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'It's very important that you don't lose touch with the everyday
Cancer Research UK's new chief clinician aims to combine clinical work with strategic development. It is, says Peter Johnson, an exciting time to be in cancer research. Professor Johnson has been...