From today's UK papers
Independent Dying Bangladeshis have been granted legal aid to sue British scientists in London this autumn for failing to discover dangerous levels of arsenic during a survey of their country's...
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New views on past portraits
Regeneration
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Swashbuckling adventures from a veteran pen
Postcards from Abroad
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Prejudice behind the pomp and baubles
Both rank and race dictated imperial order, writes John MacKenzie. Ornamentalism is a brave title. It might be construed as reflecting just surface pattern and design, the arabesques that gladden the...
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Pear tastes a little out of season
Environments and Historical Change
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Chips make a hash of some dim sums
Computers Ltd
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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 tale of a millionaire written by a Nobel laureate: "What made me take this trip to Africa?" The...
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Finding needles in biblical haystack
BibleWorks 4.0
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Think positive, think again
The Balance Within
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Origami and string - the universe explained
In the second of our Big Science Questions, Sir Martin Rees ponders the origin of the universe, while Martin Ince juggles the pieces of a cosmic puzzle. Evidence that our universe had a hot dense...
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For dangerous roads, keep a sweet bouquet handy
Smell can have a marked effect on the ability to carry out tasks, recall memories and concentrate, writes G. Neil Martin If you had to relinquish one of your senses, which would it be? Vision?...
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Alienation is the price of education
Geoff Maslen reports on the black academics who are determined to give Australia's Aborigines an education without destroying their cultural identity. "I have a couple of grandsons who say they hate...
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Laurie Taylor
Morning, Charles. Morning, Geoffrey. Good news then. Looks as though we might all be in for a nice little pay rise. How's that? Haven't you read about it? The government is allocating about £330...
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Leader: New broom must offer clean sweep of student support
It was the habit of education ministers before the last election to stress their contribution to the support of poorer students by reference to opportunity bursaries, as if these were a generous...
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Leader: Union's leader loss is merger lobby's gain
Competitors are already lining up to replace David Triesman as general secretary of the Association of University Teachers. He, and his access to those in power, will be missed. But his departure...