HUGH PENNINGTON is celebrating this week. He has just heard that the new Labour Government is to act on all the recommendations of his expert group, set up to look into last year's fatal food...
The home secretary should consider a more imaginative approach to the use of imprisonment, argues Sean McConville. No news was the best news for penal policy in the Queen's Speech. Five flawed...
A biography of Mark Twain that claims he had several gay encounters has added a new twist to a literary legend. Tim Cornwell reports. Andy Hoffman has dropped a bombshell on the world of Mark Twain...
At midnight on June 30, 155 years of British rule in Hong Kong cease. The handover to China raises complex questions for the colony's institutions, economy and citizens, with Hong Kong's thriving...
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University of Newcastle DEng: Tony Ridley, professor of transport engineering, Imperial College, director of the Eurotunnel project (1987-90) and managing director (1989-90) chairman and managing...
The Geological Society The society presented medals on June 5 as follows: Wollaston Medal: Douglas Shearman, emeritus professor of geology at Imperial College, London Lyell Medal: Richard Barrie...
Aston University David Parker, senior lecturer and co-director of the research centre for industrial strategy at Birmingham University, has been appointed professor of business economics and strategy...
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