A light rein on the strange land
Strange Country
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Feeling the void within
Writing the Irish Famine
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Take a ticket to central status
Conductors of Chaos
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They came from far away
Changing Differences
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Art's tenebrous twin
A Short History of the Shadow
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Elevation to status symbol
Rise of the New York Skyscraper 1865-1913
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A frenzy of white torsos in a Catholic excess
Discovering the Italian Baroque
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The bellyaches of an architect
Iconography and Electronics
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In a revolting state
An Illustrated History of Late Medieval England - Henry VI and the Politics of Kingship - The Revolt of Owain Glyn Dwr
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Fertile ground for debate
The Embryo Research Debate
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Lucy all at sea - with rocks
From Lucy to Language
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First impressions
This week's First Impressions, the competition in which you have to identify a book from its opening line, comes from an author who was given a year to live in 1959 but did not die until 34 years...
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Fellowships
University College, London Honorary fellows: Thomas Bingham, Lord Chief Justice of England and former master of the rolls (1992-96). Visitor of UCL. Patricia Easterling, Regius professor of Greek,...
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Honorary degrees
University of St Andrews DD: Gerd Theissen, professor of New Testament, University of Heidelberg. DLitt: William Boyd, author; Billie Whitelaw, actress; Nawal El Saadwai, author. DSc: Richard Mabey,...
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Antithesis
Wordsworth and Shelley could not support reality. And they're not the only ones. Their 20th-century disciples ensured that 1997 produced the richest crop of examination howlers in years. Perhaps our...