Bombers and bunglers
After 20 years of spectacular failure, Greece is at last starting to get to grips with its terrorism problems. George Kassimeris reports. Twenty years ago this month the history of Greek terrorism...
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Object lesson
For Chinese art scholar Jessica Rawson, now warden of Merton College Oxford, object and text tell different tales. But in order to get the whole story we need both, as she explains to Simon Targett...
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Stars in their ancient eyes
Celestial bodies dictate the calendar and once stopped a war. John Barrow ponders their effect on the human race The Christmas story follows a star - or at least a triple conjunction of Saturn and...
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Thesis
Every week THESIS, The THES Internet Service, provides a guide to the news, features and reviews in the newspaper. Job advertisements, appear on THESIS on the Tuesday before publication The service...
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Blunder and enlightening
The Illustrated Guide to the Bible - A History of Christianity
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Diabolical liveries
The Devil
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Halo, goodbye?
Mother Teresa - The Missionary Position
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No sects please, we're British
A History of Religion in Britain - Faith and Criticism - The Christian God - Religion in Modern Britain
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Psychic shock
The Medium, The Mystic and the Physicist - The Memory of Water - Soul Searching
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The mystic and the rustic
Kali's Child
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Final Word
This Final Word comes from the epilogue of a book by an author who remains unconvinced by the terminally ambitious: "'FEEL LIKE? Oh, I a most interesting question, my lad I er I rather like to know...
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Speaking Volumes: Political Change in a West African State
Stephen P. Riley on Martin Kilson's Political Change in a West African State. The West African country of Sierra Leone has been much in the news this year. Civil conflict, the taking of British...
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Appointments
UNIVERSITY OF SURREY. The following have been appointed to readerships: Dr M. Tipton, who will continue as head of the human and applied physiology section of the Robens Institute; Dr R. Carter,...
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Link
LINK. Victor Parsons minister for science and technology at the Department of Trade and Industry, announced that David Smith, director of research and development at Whatman plc, has been appointed...