Stoned berk, but we love him do
Lennon Remembers - The Beatles Anthology
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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 northerly tale of moors, marriage and mores: " You must go back with me to the autumn of 18 ." The...
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From communism to karaoke
Mao - Mao
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Holmes always gets his man
Sidetracks
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Can't get no satisfaction
Smoking in British Popular Culture 1800-2000
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A battle of self versus state
The Cunning of Unreason
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Apartheid thrives in a tolerant state
Broken People
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The Bakhtinian carnival lives on
Mikhail Bakhtin
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Putting the record straight about the 'outsiders'
The European Union and Migrant Labour
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A very cool way to raise the dead
Ralph Merkle wants to be frozen when he dies, because he believes his specialism of nanotechnology will one day be able to bring him back to life. Justin Mullins reports. Ralph Merkle wears a silver...
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Hey scientist, we're special, so get used to it
Humans are special beings, inside and outside nature. Scientists who cannot acknowledge this will never be able to fathom us, says Kenan Malik. It may not be too much to say that sociology and other...
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Social science takes a place at High Table
Sociology has finally made it to Oxford. Helen Hague meets Anthony Heath, who is set to put the subject at the centre of the university and the heart of policy Oxford University finally set up a...
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In the new Russia, history students no longer see red
Young Russian historians are far more interested in the domestic life of 19th-century peasants than in the forging of a Soviet superpower, reports Catherine Merridale. Teachers of history in Russian...
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Why happiness is skin deep
Skin disorders are not just a physical issue, their psychosocial impact can have tragic consequences, Linda Papadopoulos tells Anne Sebba. When "Nasty" Nick was expelled from the house in the hit...