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 who made literature out of bureaucratic procedures: "It was late in the evening...
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Thumb turned down as star guest
Filming History
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Iran holds up its mirror of truths
Close Up
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Singular life of a jungle philosopher
Alfred Russel Wallace
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US scientist who found his element
Adventures in the Atomic Age
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When killing small animals was fun
Sir Charles Wheatstone FRS 1802-1875 - An Entertainment for Angels
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Laurie Taylor column
Any more extenuating circumstances? We have a note from Julian Rix pointing out that during his finals he was still suffering from the after-effects of a corn. How might that affect his performance?...
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Leader: Is Hodge fiddling while the middle class learns?
The THES postbag has been bulging this week as seldom before as academics and administrators vent their spleen at the idea that they are guilty of elitism. Those in the new universities, particularly...
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Why do work that does not change lives?
That question sparked Janet Lewis's lifelong commitment to make social research reach out to the real world and make it a better place in which to live. David Walker reports. While some folk sunned...
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Banglatown dream becomes real
A £16 million cultural centre in Tower Hamlets looks set to energise its diverse community and widen access to further education where other initiatives have failed, says Sara Wajid. "City boys,...
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A brush with the other side
Art workshops are giving young people from East London estates a taste of further education. But there is still a chasm to cross, says Linden West. Gina lives with her small child. Still only a...
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Is your career in the can?
The British Design & Art Direction Student Awards could provide the winner with a ticket to a coveted design job and could help an institution gain recognition, reports Helen Hague. It's a...
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However bloody it gets, you must talk
Two initiatives in Northern Ireland, no stranger to violence, are seeking new ways to look at global conflicts and peacemaking. An Ulster-based unit is informing policy on conflicts from Burnley to...
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Hostage will die in one hour. Your move
Two initiatives in Northern Ireland, no stranger to violence, are seeking new ways to look at global conflicts and peacemaking. Zionists negotiate with Islamic terrorists while the Foreign Office...