Queer to liken past to present
Getting Medieval
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Celibate passion
May Sinclair
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Biology is a boo word
Experiments in Knowing - Making Sexual History
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The rise of ancient woman
Women in Ancient America
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From closet to theatrical wardrobe
Out on Stage
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Exploring the orthodoxy of maleness
Flaubert
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First Impressions
This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from an exuberant Australian novel: " If there was a bishop, my mother would have him for tea. " The winner...
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It's a matter of life and death
As commercial interests increasingly influence the course of research, Phil Baty reports on a campaign to blow the whistle on unethical science Trade union leaders will today warn that the integrity...
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Lifeline of the dead composers' societies
Academic interest in the great composers has ensured them a life after death. Christopher Wood reports Although there are those who claim to have received messages from the ghost of Beethoven, death...
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On the job
The government has announced a Pounds 4 million scheme to double the number of "on the job" teacher training places in London schools to 360 for the next four years after further recruitment problems...
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Research faces big overhaul
Review heralds far-reaching research funding changes, says Alison Goddard. Research funding is to be radically reformed following a fundamental review published today by the funding council. More...
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Stepping out
(Photograph) - The world-famous Yorkshire Ballet Seminars recently took place in their new venue of the University College of Ripon and York.
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Mark Chaplain
In Glittering Prizes, THES, July 14, it was stated that Mark Chaplain, who won the London Mathematical Society Whitehead Prize, was at Durham University. In fact, Mr Chaplain is at Dundee University...
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Sources for research funding
Each week this section lists funds available for academic researchers. Items for inclusion should be submitted to research@thes.co.uk ARA PARSEGHIAN MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION www.parseghian.org/...
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New light on skin pigments
New light has been shed on why humans have differing skin colours. Nina Jablonski, chair of anthropology at the California Academy of Sciences, and colleague George Chaplin, have analysed global...