Is death the possibility of impossibility, or the impossibility of possibility? This is the sort of question that Simon Critchley tussles with in this ostentatiously erudite book. It's about his life...
Cary L. Cooper recommends a commanding approach that inspires people to want to do things
The current Monet-fest in Paris allows the public an opportunity to view more than 170 paintings and 20 drawings by the artist at the Grand Palais, as well as the retrospective Collection Intime at...
Judith Allen's little book - only 117 pages of text - has a wide reach. It documents the corruption of political discourse in Virginia Woolf's time and ours, reflects on "the essayistic" as an...
Steven Yearley finds that cost-benefit analysis is of limited use when it comes to saving the planet
There has long been a struggle between the soul of strong intelligences with decent feelings and the deathly conventions and leaden diction of required form in doctoral dissertations. Robert James is...
The 1980s and 1990s brought exciting but often alarming change on the political front in Europe. Who could fail to have noticed? The demise of communism in Eastern Europe and the resurgence of...
Reality TV is the consequence of liberalisation, a mix of the idiotic and the sublime. Clive Bloom surfs the multichannel-verse in search of entertainment
LondonShadow CatchersPhotography is usually thought to require a camera to fix fleeting lighting effects on a flat surface. Yet it is equally possible to create images directly on photographic paper...
Current DisturbanceThis is TomorrowWhitechapel Gallery, LondonThe Anglo-Palestinian artist Mona Hatoum's Current Disturbance is an exceptionally disconcerting installation. It consists of a tight...
Dear All,Last year was another year of achievement for Poppleton University.We retained our existing position in all but four of the leading university league tables and learned that our policy of...
Felipe Fernández-Armesto's words of advice to unpopular or indecisive presidents and ministers who doubt their own policies
...and other quandaries to mull over. Malcolm Gillies takes the temperature
Liberal arts study, with its long view of how humanity has met its trials, is touted as ideal for the 21st century - but it's a hard sell
Chief scientific adviser and population biologist Sir John Beddington opts for collegiate problem-solving, writes Paul Jump