On the first page of this intensely readable gem of a little book, Robert D. Richardson observes most surprisingly, and bluntly: "Writing was the central passion of Emerson's life ... But he never...
Olivia Holmes' study is an investigation into a fundamental topic for scholars and readers of Dante and medieval literature in general: the complex and fascinating relationship that ties together...
? = Review forthcomingART AND DESIGN- The Idol in the Age of Art: Objects, Devotions and the Early Modern WorldEdited by Michael W. Cole, associate professor of history of art, University of...
Specific improvement plans needed for badly performing universities as working-class participation rises just two percentage points in four years. Melanie Newman reports
Martin Everett, the vice-chancellor of the University of East London, has left the university. He resigned on 24 February after more than seven months on suspension.Professor Everett was suspended...
Our Vice-Chancellor has reacted angrily to the revelation in The Sunday Times that John Denham, the Universities Secretary, is about to ask former polytechnics to revert to their previous role rather...
Felipe Fernández-Armesto finds his beloved Oxford changed, changed utterly
What mad pursuit? Duncan Wu on a night of sublimity and terror among the roaring, soaring, brutally lyrical Monster Trucks
Ron Dearing left school at 16, but his unstinting devotion to higher education's highest aims have left the UK sector a better place
The US has elected a President who glides effortlessly from reading books to surfing the internet, yet it remains no easier to imagine a sequel to "Books That Changed Our Minds", a 1939 symposium in...
Michael Majerus, world-renowned entomologist and advocate of evolutionary theory, has died.He was born in London on 13 February 1954 and educated at Merchant Taylors' School and Royal Holloway...
Editors: Phil Hubbard, Rob Kitchin and Gill ValentineEdition: FirstPublisher: SagePages: 256Price: £65.00 and £22.99ISBN 9781412922609 and 2616A book that will delight students on third-year history...
Editors: Peter Daniels, Michael Bradshaw, Denis Shaw and James SidawayEdition: ThirdPublisher: Pearson Prentice HallPages: 544Price: £31.99ISBN 9780132056847The third edition of this well-established...
Authors: Phil Jones and James EvansEdition: FirstPublisher: SagePages: 200Price: £65.00 and £22.99ISBN 9781412934909 and 4916The area of urban regeneration has long been popular with students from a...
Author: G. Tyler Miller Jr and Scott E. SpoolmanEdition: SixteenthPublisher: Brooks ColePages: 816Price: £44.99ISBN 9780495556725Living in the Environment is an excellent book that I would highly...