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Native light and the colours of prejudice
Art and Nationalism in Colonial India 1850-1922
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Race at a standstill
Colonial Desire
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The Green remembered atolls
Green Imperialism
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The whys and wherefores
Why Psychology?
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Grants
UNIVERSITY OF EXETER. Research Contracts. Dr H Lappin-Scott, Pounds 3,169,000 from Oil Plus Limited (UMB Research Project year 4); Dr J Littlechild, Pounds 33,250 from Chiroscience plc (Lipases,...
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A professor of Greek 'just out of nappies'
Classical scholar the Rt. Hon. Enoch Powell tells Martyn Kelly about his first published work, at the tender age of 24. There was, in the late 1920s, a classicist at Oxford by the name of John U....
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Promotions
UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS Readerships have been awarded to former senior lecturers as follows: Martin Butler, renaissance drama; Paul Hammond, 17th century literature; David Lindley, renaissance literature...
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Appointments
THE SCOTTISH OFFICE. Ken McCrae has been reappointed chief executive of the Student Awards Agency for Scotland for a further four years. SHEFC. Chris Masters, former chairman of the quality...
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And you may ask yourself...
American philosopher Martha Nussbaum is consumed with the notion of how we should live our lives. Lucy Hodges finds out how she has lived hers. As a child Martha Nussbaum spent solitary hours reading...
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Events
BLACKBURN'S RETROSPECTIVE. A retrospective of David Blackburn's work will be exhibited at the Djanogly Art Gallery, Nottingham, until October 1 (Monday to Friday 10am-6pm; Saturday 11am-6pm, Sundays...
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Second nature
A conference next week in Glasgow aims to get nation speaking unto nation on the subject of English. John Davies reports. If there is one place British insularity will be firmly resisted next week,...
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Final Word
This week's Final Word comes from an author who had an unhealthy connection with the railways: "My reason will still not understand why I pray, but I shall still pray, and my life, my whole life,...
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Speaking Volumes: Fontana History of Europe
Jeremy Black on the Fontana History of Europe series. History in your pocket. Growing up, I was very dependent for books on my local library. The shelves of Edgware library took me from Sutcliffe and...
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Students get clearance for HE
A record number of courses have been offered through clearing this year, a total of 14,500 compared with 11,000 last year. In all 211,678 students have so far accepted places compared to 197,971 by...