Language, Thought and Reality is not a very interesting title for a book, and in many ways Benjamin Whorf's subject is not very promising either, being about the structure and nature of language....
We should heed this warning against militarising environmental hazards, writes Tim Dunne
Bugs and the Victorians is an exploration of the coming of age of entomology in Britain. The collection and curation of insects, our omnipresent and abundant companions, was nothing more than a...
It is commonly said that "all is fair in love and war": soldiers have the moral right to kill other soldiers in wartime whether or not their cause is just. One reason is that soldiers are permitted...
When it comes to mammalian development, play's the thing, as Sue McHale discovers
There is a shortage of books on applied ethics, if not moral philosophy, and this one helps to fill that gap. Its style is that of a chatty lecture, with regular pauses to take notes, deal with...
There are an increasing number of opportunities in crime history to expand the often-denigrated genre of the "true crime" book. The long-established popular genre, defined by lurid red and black...
Simon Blackburn relishes a scholarly dinner date, with anthropophagy as the main course
BUSINESS AND COMMUNICATION STUDIES- Firms' Objectives and Internal Organisation in a Global Economy: Positive and Normative AnalysisEdited by Luca Lambertini, professor of economics, University of...
Academics from top-ranked universities describe what makes their institution a world-beater
An art and design graduate school that aims to close the gap between teaching and research has opened in London. The CCW Graduate School, based at the University of the Arts London's Camberwell,...
Students in Malawi are to be trained in urban and regional planning under a partnership between three universities. The University of Ulster is pairing up with Mzuzu University and Malawi Polytechnic...
Figures from the world of literature are gathering at the University of Dundee to take part in "literary salons" that bring together budding writers, lovers of literature, authors and agents....
Two universities have joined forces to offer a novel degree structure that allows students to mix distance and campus learning. Bangor University and The Open University have collaborated to offer...
The first episode of Bath Spa University's online soap opera will be webcast on www.liquidsoap.tv at noon on 12 October. Set entirely in the toilets of the cafe at "First Central University", Liquid...