Charts of quick change
Restructuring the Malaysian Economy
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Bengal, Burke and Bertie Wooster
Politics and Trade in the Indian Ocean World
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First Impressions
This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, comes from a book that was described by its New Orleans-born author as a "non-fictional" novel: " The village...
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Solutions to problems? A green idea!
The Last Generation
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The roulette of Russian politics
Continuity and Change in Contemporary Capitalism - Kapitalizm
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On making the rate moves
The Economics of Globalization - Money on the Move
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Higher Channels
John Davies focuses on radio and television programmes likely to be of use to THES readers. (All times pm unless stated.) Pick of the week October is Black History Month and Channel 4 is doing its...
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As dirty a war as can be
For students the world over, South American revolutionary Che Guevarais a symbol of freedom. But now some believe his followers are killing academics in Colombia's vicious civil war. Tim Cornwell...
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Private eyes, public mysteries
As Britain's amateur historians puzzle over the identity of Jack the Ripper and theauthorship of Shakespeare's plays, William Rubinstein asks why academics pretend this isn't history. For every...
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Science is the key to combating the unfair in human evolution
In our third look into the 21st century, James Watson predicts that parents will still need to decide whether to abort genetically impaired foetuses. Science fiction writers have long speculated that...
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Three great Unsolved mysteries
JACK THE RIPPER The identity of "Jack the Ripper", the mysterious serial killer who murdered and mutilated five prostitutes in Whitechapel, in London's East End, in 1888, is a remarkable example of...
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Do these genes make me look fat?
When Nobel chemist John Walker joined the Dunn Unit in Cambridge, several nutritionists left. But his work could lead to a cure for obesity. Steve Farrar reports. Not so long ago Sir John Walker...
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How much should a uni get to employ this man?
Disabled academics, who make up just 0.16 per cent of staff at universities, are demanding 'cash carrots' to combat discrimination.Phil Baty reports. Life as a disabled academic is "abominable," says...
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A folk remedy for killer Ebola
Scientists may have found a cure for the deadly Ebola virus in a plant extract used in traditional African medicine, writes Clare Sansom. The rare Ebola fever is one of the most dangerous of viral...
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Englishness: the missing link
Edinburgh University is heading a five-year study into national identity, funded by Pounds 1 million from the Leverhulme Trust. Researchers will be drawn from Aberdeen, Dundee, Lancaster, St Andrews...