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Leave the Irish sector alone to get on with the task of renewal
The state and its agencies must stop their constant interference with a national success story, argues Ferdinand von Prondzynski
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A truth should suffice
David Edmonds contrasts Edmund Gettier’s three-page 1963 masterpiece with the endless outflow induced by the emetic REF
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Unexpected martyr for the open-access movement
Reddit co-founder’s death may bring closer what activist hoped for in life. Jon Marcus reports
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Lying, Misleading, & What is Said
Ishani Maitra considers an exploration of the forms deception takes - and their moral significance
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Shakespeare's Education
In October 2011 a highly respected and state-sanctioned charity committed an act of subversion. It wasn’t exactly revolutionary but it had the desired effect of attracting attention. Following the...
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Why Australia Prospered: The Shifting Sources of Economic Growth
The success of the Australian economy - its last official recession ended in 1991 and it has enjoyed more than 20 years of almost uninterrupted growth, slowing only recently - is impressive in...
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The Leaderless Economy
Two economists aim to put the crisis to rights with the help of Iceland’s ash cloud, finds Howard Davies
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Cannabis Nation: Control and Consumption in Britain, 1928-2008
Cannabis Nation shows how compromise became our way of pretending to control consumption of cannabis. James Mills argues that control is founded on the “flimsiest evidence” and has “rarely … been...
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The Undiscovered Country: Journeys Among the Dead
In a simple four-line verse, the Victorian poet Elizabeth Siddal asks three profoundly moving questions: “How is it in the unknown land?/Do the dead wander hand in hand?/Do we clasp dead hands and...
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Absolutely good, good; relatively good, better
A parallel set of A-level marks that compare a candidate’s performance with that of other pupils should be introduced to allow universities to identify top students, an academic has suggested....
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Royal Society: regional resilience, scientific rebirth
The Islamic world should set up a funding consortium to channel research money into pressing areas such as water resources, renewable energy and agriculture, according to a report into Egyptian...
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Newcastle UniversityFrank MuellerBusiness schools have a key part to play in restoring faith in an embattled banking sector, according to Frank Mueller, Newcastle University Business School’s new...
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Reform chills are multiplying
A variety of institutions are feeling exposed in the shifting landscape emerging from the blizzard of coalition changes