Channel to wider horizons
When I graduated from University College London in 1959, virtually the only non-British students I had met were from the Commonwealth and North America, and it was mostly to the latter that we went...
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It makes you want to turn off your bleeper
The modern political journalist does not need an electronic message bleeper to be told what to think and write. He or she simply regurgitates the last article on the chosen subject. After several...
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Appointments
Public Management and Policy Association. Michael Bichard, permanent secretary at the Department for Education and Employment has been appointed chair of the policy board by the association; the vice...
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Awards
Scientific Committee of the European Amalfi Prize. The committee for sociology and social sciences has awarded the Amalfi Prize to Martin Albrow, professor in the school of sociology and social...
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"Fox" 1998 by Kelly Bushell
(Photograph) - "Fox" 1998 by Kelly Bushell, a third-year BA printmaking student in Brighton. She explains: "The work consists of computer prints which are made up of a combination of drawings and...
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Quality crisis in electronics
Engineering graduates with the skills to design tomorrow's mobile phones and digital televisions can walk straight into well-paid jobs. But university electronic engineering departments are finding...
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First impressions
This week's First Impressions, the competition in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, comes from the work of a US marine biologist who alerted the world to the dangers of...
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The arts counsel
How Much Do You Think a Writer Needs to Live On? - Creative Britain
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Sights and rites of the hunters
Cambridge Illustrated History of Prehistoric Art - Journey through the Ice Age
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A river runs through it
Rumer Godden
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Simple rules for all walks of life
Life's Other Secret
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Studies into bird twitter, monkey chat and manspeak
Social Influences on Vocal Development
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A strong string section
Algorithms on Strings, Trees and Sequences
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Signal failure on central line
The Handicap Principle
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How the dino soared
The Rise of Birds