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Not all things of beauty will remain a joy for ever
Building Jerusalem
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Spirits in the sky at a royal retreat
Machu Picchu
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The history of civilisation in a suburban theme park
Palace of the People
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First Impressions
This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from an author particularly concerned with London's sinister underbelly and the circular nature of time: "...
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False texts that led to true learning
The Scarith of Scornello
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City's past, present and future tense
Jerusalem Besieged
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Tree that doubles as prison and pub
The Remarkable Baobab
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A fuzzy edge mars gloss
The Canopus Encyclopedia of Astronomy
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Belief systems nurtured by brain cells
The Sacred Neuron
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For all the world's ills
Aspirin
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Today's news
Armed police enter University College Hospital Police cordoned off University College Hospital in London and armed police entered the building yesterday. It followed reports that someone had been...
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RAE shifts focus from prestige journals
Senior academics overseeing the 2008 research assessment exercise have urged universities to abandon their obsession with big-name journals such as Nature and Science . If successful, the move could...
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Students unruly? Give them an ASBO
Universities could push for powers to issue disruptive students antisocial behaviour orders, say lawyers working with the sector. Experts on student eviction at law firm Eversheds have advised the...
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'It is nice to have that outside acknowledgement'
Amanda Petford-Long, professor of materials at Oxford University, is the only woman among 44 new fellows announced last week by the Royal Academy of Engineering. She said: "It's a great honour...