An angry beast that might turn
The Earth is suffering from CO2 overload. Anthony Giddens asks how we can limit climate change
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Gods and Heroes of the Ancient World
So far, seven volumes in this series have appeared: Emma Griffiths's Medea, Carol Dougherty's Prometheus, Ken Dowden's Zeus, Richard Seaford's Dionysus and Lowell Edmunds's Oedipus (all 2006), and...
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Top 10 Academic Bestsellers: Blackwell, London SE1
1. Nursing Practice: Hospital and Home, Third Edition edited by Margaret F. Alexander, Josephine N. Fawcett and Phyllis J. Runciman Churchill Livingstone, £31.99 ISBN 97804430745782. Heritage Tourism...
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Carnal, but strictly kosher
Lynne Segal is not entirely seduced by arguments for the innate naughtiness of God's chosen people
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Jeanie, an 'Army of One': Mrs Nassau Senior, 1828-1877, the First Woman in Whitehall
Jane Senior, who according to Sybil Oldfield was George Eliot's model for Dorothea Brooke, differed from the heroine of Middlemarch in one significant respect. Dorothea has no friends. Especially...
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The Disrespect Agenda or How the Wrong Kind of Niceness is Making us Weak and Unhappy
Respect is one of the buzzwords in contemporary culture. Tony Blair said in May 2005 that he wanted to create a "culture of respect". There are regular calls from all sides for respect to be shown...
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The book of the week: Ghettostadt: Lodz and the Making of a Nazi City
David Cesarani revisits a city of the damned
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The Week in Books
Worshipping Walt: The Whitman Disciples by Michael Robertson, professor of English, College of New Jersey. Princeton University Press, £16.95, ISBN 9780691128085."Robertson's collection of reflective...
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Published this week
? = Review forthcomingARTS AND DESIGN- Arts, Inc.: How Greed and Neglect Have Destroyed Our Cultural RightsBy Bill Ivey, founding director of the Curb Center for Art, Enterprise and Public Policy,...
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First Impressions competition: 15 May 2008
This week’s competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a modern take on epic poetry:“At the end of this sentence, rain will begin.”Entries, including postal...
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University of Surrey - New term dates spark protest
Changes to term times at the University of Surrey have sparked protests from students. More than 1,000 undergraduates have signed up to a campaign group on social networking website Facebook to...
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University of Wolverhampton - Minister opens £12m centre
A new £12 million education and teaching building has been opened at the University of Wolverhampton. Jim Knight, the Schools Minister, formally opened the building, which includes specialist...
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London South Bank University - Poor ranking prompts attack
A university has issued a statement on its website arguing that league tables do not "tell the true story" after it was placed bottom in a ranking produced by a national newspaper. London South Bank...
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University of Central Lancashire - Astrophysics centre gets £1m
A centre for astrophysics has won £1 million in funding to support research and teaching. Gordon Bromage, head of the centre at the University of Central Lancashire, said the money from the Science...
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University of York, Lancaster University - York triumphs in croquet contest
An annual croquet tournament between York and Lancaster universities reached a nail-biting climax. The Roses Tournament was won by York by a score of 124 to 122, with the universities' chancellors...