Pure pleasure and 'other' literary pursuits
In his new book, Derek Attridge argues that a 'knot of three interwoven characteristics' lies at the core of western aesthetics. Robert Eaglestone tries to untangle this complex theory of literature...
In his new book, Derek Attridge argues that a 'knot of three interwoven characteristics' lies at the core of western aesthetics. Robert Eaglestone tries to untangle this complex theory of literature...
With the prevention of obesity high on the government's agenda, Matthew Baker and Luqman Hayes ask what campuses can do to turn students on to healthy eating and sport. It can't be for nothing that...
Chemistry gives us the stuff of life - not least drugs, disposable nappies and chewing gum - but public suspicion threatens its future, John Emsley tells Geoff Watts. Type the phrase "chemical-free"...
As the Political Studies Association prepares for its annual meeting, David Baker and Philippa Sherrington dig through the records to explore the origins of Warwick's politics unit and discover a...
Minoans - The Decipherment of Linear B and the Ventris-Chadwick Correspondence
The Earth - Lovelock's Gaia: Signs of Life
Stalin's Last Crime
Reformation - The Reformation
The Coming of the Third Reich
This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a novel filmed by a famous Japanese director: "At about nine o'clock one morning, at the end of...
G. R. Berridge's labelling of the AUT as "the Association of Useless Tactics" (Letters, March 19) looked shaky even before publication of the employers' new offer. Now it is clear that the AUT tactic...
The decline in student numeracy and literacy ("Straight-A students show shaky grasp of the basics", March 26) suggests an alternative approach that the Association of University Teachers could take...
AUT communications have made it perfectly clear that the memorandum of understanding between it and employers will not lead to rises as high as 12 per cent for colleagues at the top of scales. Indeed...
Just to say that following your completely biased reporting of the lecturers' pay dispute, this department is now unwilling to continue its subscription to your anti-AUT Murdoch rag. Johnny...