Spartan details of daily life
The Laconia Survey: Continuity and Change in a Greek Rural Landscape Vol one
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Minutes that shook the world
After the paroxysmal eruption of Krakatoa in August 1883, the Royal Society appealed for evidence of its effects from witnesses worldwide, out of a growing Victorian sense of the world as globally...
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A grizzly delight that left the truth tied up in knots
The Rise of the Indian Rope Trick
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The baby face with killer look
The Neanderthal's Necklace - Out of Eden
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Treated like dirt for £7 a week
From the Inside
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First Impressions
This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a work by a novelist best known for his portrayal of a butler: "Niki, the name we finally gave my...
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Rise and fall of pioneer who made payroll a piece of cake
A Computer Called LEO
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Billion-buck voyage into unknown
Strategic Computing
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Ignore the call of the soldering irons
Mac Manual
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A refresher in basic Geek
The Second Information Revolution - Me++
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Staff training not worthy of scorn 1
Frank Furedi ("Don't underestimate managers' ability to treat you as an idiot", THES , January 30) highlights academics' fears that managers are using staff development to whip them into line with...
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Staff training not worthy of scorn 2
"Personal development" is a hoop through which employees in most large organisations have to jump. You do not have to be a starry-eyed academic to find it patronising. The only satisfying explanation...
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Staff training not worthy of scorn 3
Frank Furedi's attack on university staff development is largely empty and misconstructed. Staff development aims to further the goals of an institution, individuals, or both. Furedi attacks...
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Time to mix'n'match 1
John Drummond neglects to mention that dental school recruitment problems extend to non-clinical academics, who are usually responsible for 30-40 per cent of teaching (Letters, THES , January 30). He...