Willing servants emerge from shadow of Everest
Life and Death on Mt Everest
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How the world escaped nemesis
The Kennedys and Cuba
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Wed to nostalgia, seeking utopia
The End of Utopia
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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 anthropologist who finds the tropics sad: " It has long been the fashion to invoke languages which...
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Painters' brushes with identity crisis
In the Image of Tibet
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Persian spiritual pain
Rumi, Past and Present, East and West
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A gem to be fished out of the tub
Angelaki
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Indicating the way out of slack waters
The medieval History Journal
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Revised views of a scattered people
Jewish Culture and History
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A public haven for private pursuits
Research methods used to gauge wartime morale have been applied to Britain's public libraries. Alistair Black reports On Monday, the public library celebrates its 150th birthday - the anniversary of...
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May blooms in tricky places
Having weathered the public storm over BSE, GM foods and cloning, Sir Robert May (right) tells Steve Farrar that he is looking forward to a fresh challenge as the new president of the Royal Society....
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'A holiday - what's that?'
Most academics, even those who are well aware of their vacation entitlement, find it hard to get away and switch off, as Jennifer Currie discovers Ask any academic how they spent their summer holiday...
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Fleshpots, ennui and our thinly veiled fantasies
What erotic imaginings have harems induced in the West? Ruth Yeazell takes a peep. Orientalism is in vogue among academics, sparked by the work of Edward Said, among others. But long before this, the...
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Commons inquiry to evaluate New Deal
The Commons employment sub-committee will evaluate the success of the New Deal for unemployed young people by conducting a short inquiry. It will aim to address how successful the scheme has been in...
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Millions go down drain in audit fiasco
Universities are overburdened with red tape that wastes millions of pounds and creates immense stress among staff, a funding council report reveals. The report, to be published this month for the...