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  1. Independent Queen

    May I correct Dorothy Thompson on one small but key point in her thoughtful review of my The Oueen: A Biography of Elizabeth II (THES, May 9)? She describes me as "the official biographer of the...

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  2. Trust the politician or the technocrat?

    Politicians who base their election campaign on their claim to be trustworthy and then surf a political earthquake to enjoy record majorities in the legislature, do not usually feel the need to spend...

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  3. A dubious dominion of the dons

    However defined, all institutions claim to embody ideals. Representative politics, the great religious systems, the press and the family are commonly discussed in ideal language. From such...

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  4. Oxford loses appeal

    OXFORD academics have been caught up in a war of words with funding chiefs over a poor inspection score for modern languages. The university's faculty of medieval and modern languages achieved top...

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  5. Pounds 2.5m offered for PFI 'pathfinders'

    THE Higher Education Funding Council for England has made Pounds 2.5 million available to evaluate four new university Private Finance Initiative projects. HEFCE will provide up to half the cost of...

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  7. Said in the sidings

    DONS at Oxford university are expected to vote at the end of this term on a new business school site, within days of the deadline set by benefactor Wafic Said. The favoured spot for the Pounds 40...

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  8. French students set to strike

    France's students have warned of trouble for the next government if it fails to implement university reforms. Pouria Amirshahi, re-elected president of the largest union, the pro-socialist UNEF-ID...

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  9. Don's Diary

    Monday Land in Punta Arenas, the southernmost city of Chile. This city represents the penultimate leg of my long journey to the Falklands. Having already had some meetings with British officials in...

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