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  3. Bitter genius of unloved son

    George Melly on the definitive life of a nihilistic, unhappy clown I don't think anybody else need write another book on Groucho Marx after this one. It is as definitive as possible. Some may ask if...

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  5. TV & radio guide - Friday

    In Search of the Black Madonna (11.00 am R4). Bonnie Greer wonders about the power of "Black Madonna" icons in Europe from medieval times on. First of two programmes. Culture Fix (11.30 am BBC...

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  6. Comrades try to get Prudence to wear more red

    Socialism has had setbacks in the 25 years since young leftwinger Gordon Brown edited The Red Paper on Scotland . Bob Tait joined a gathering to discuss the way forward. It was, on the face of it, an...

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  7. I'd like one doner kebab and a PhD to takeaway

    You can call a room above a kebab shop a university and make millions, but such degree mills harm UK higher education, says Matthew Chapman. It is a little known fact that Green Lanes in a quiet...

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  8. Higher Channels

    Metamorpheus (Sunday 8.15 BBC2) is a rarity that’s welcome for more than one reason. Firstly, it’s concerned with Greek mythology, a subject that doesn’t surface much on television these days outside...

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  9. Sons of soil left to wither on the vine

    Agriculture in Britain has sunk to a nadir last seen during the Great Depression. Farmers were once the bedrock of British society and a powerful voice in the land, but who now cares what becomes of...

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  10. Laurie Taylor column

    "The trickle of parents accompanying their offspring on open days has become a flood" THES December 8. Professor Lapping. What is it, Maureen? Didn't I tell you I was busy all day filling out my...

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  11. Letter: Labour pains of working mums (3)

    Your article is one of the first I have read where an academic has gone into print on the very sensitive subject of whether women put in far more hours than men. If the government's transparency...

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  12. Letter: Commonwealth funds

    Readers may draw the wrong conclusions from your report on the continued funding of the Commonwealth of Learning owing to how you juxtaposed our written reports, oral presentation and ministerial...

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  13. Letter: Running battle

    Perdita Stevens and her colleagues (Letters, THES, December 1) query my statement that mathematical ability is gender-linked. There are many sources of data on the distribution of mathematical...

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  14. Letter: Pension fuming

    Academics who criticise Nottingham for taking tobacco cash should scrutinise their pension plans. When I was offered membership of the Universities' Superannuation Scheme, more than 10 per cent of...

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  15. Letter: Flak for all hacks (1)

    David Palfreyman's points to a problem with "well-meaning amateur dons as part-time committee hacks" (Letters, THES, December 8). That problem is far worse in Cambridge, and it concerns me that...

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