A monarchy and ruling elite live in conspicuous excess while the majority get poorer. Financial scams, identity theft and unscrupulous moneylenders are rife. A sense of unfairness and desperation has...
Upon entering the Oriental Institute, nestled in the neo-Gothic University of Chicago campus, you pass under a sculpture of "East teaching the West". This concept of the Near East and the Nile Valley...
To create illusions, Fibonacci and algorithms are as important as sleight of hand, discovers C.J. Howls
Gayle Rubin is an American feminist anthropologist whose seminal essays The Traffic in Women (1975) and Thinking Sex (1984) changed the way we think about sex and gender. This book brings together a...
For a genre that until very recently was seen as marginal at best, and hopelessly dull at worst, the historical novel has been very well served of late by in-depth scholarly analyses. Books by...
Simon Goldhill warms to the charms of a wacky history tour, despite its simplified viewpoint
As I conduct my laboratory experiments every day, pushing the boundaries of science ever forwards, I must confess I don't give much thought to the scientific history that came before "my time"....
Under the command of Heinrich Himmler, the SS adopted the policy of selecting only those men who were considered fine specimens of Nordic manhood. Strict obedience to this rule would have made its...
BBC Radio 4Sex and the Single GirlFirst published in 1962, the book Sex and the Single Girl sold 2 million copies in the first three weeks and soon landed author Helen Gurley Brown the role of editor...
Anselm Kiefer: Il Mistero delle CattedraliWhite Cube gallery, Bermondsey, London, until 26 FebruaryAnselm Kiefer's Hortus Philosophorum seems to be a pile of uprooted mutant sunflowers. They are made...
The gigantic, apocalyptic glittering ball of The X Factor reflects back only what we give it, argues Will Brooker
"I won't take this lying down." That was the forthright response of Dr Quintock of our Department of Media and Cultural Studies to the news that his BA D108 course has been axed by Janet Fluellen,...
To compete on the world stage, universities are increasingly considering mergers as a way to enhance status and expertise
EPSRC heads see no contradiction in peer review policy, but critics remain puzzled. Paul Jump writes
Critics attack campus building frenzy in the midst of swingeing budget cuts. Jon Marcus reports