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Anna Fazackerley reports on fears about Labour's plans for research, while Simon Francis recalls the nightmare of trying to fund his PhD study My fondest memory is of the first flash of inspiration...
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Laureate of alllife's delays, traffic etiquette and tong use
The winner of the THES -sponsored Ig Nobel literature prize has spent a career trying to prove no (attaché) case is too trivial to merit an 'informal look', says Marc Abrahams. John W. Trinkaus has...
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It's a matter of life - not sex
Homosexuality in the Anglican Church is a big issue, but the increasingly rancorous debate over it risks making religion the preserve of fundamentalists and obscuring Christian wisdom on the...
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He spoke the truth to power
Edward Said, who died recently, lived as a true intellectual, says John Higgins. He applied critical rigour not just to writing but also to the world, denouncing corruption, defending the weak and...
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One more weapon that Bush won't find
Infidels - Crescent and Cross - Sowing the Wind - Islam Under Siege
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Filing cabinets of the pharaohs
Ancient Archives and Archival Traditions
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Fraffly tarsum aitches
Talking Proper
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Gaining insight through a grain of rice
The Dravidian Languages
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Root and branch search to find the first words
The Handbook of Historical Linguistics
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How false teeth make Jesus an only child
The Cat Sat on the Mat
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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 book written in Latin that brought a new word into English: "The most invincible King of England,...
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Virtual visionaries net a new identity
Layout - Designing Online Identities - Web Design Basics - WWW Design: Flash - Personal Web Sites
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Spooks conspire to hide the truth
Codes and Ciphers
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Pentagon to Pac-Man
From Airline Reservations to Sonic the Hedgehog