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University clearing in chaos after computer system fails Thousands of students are feared to have missed out on good clearing places at university this year after a catalogue of failings in the...
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British Academy/Leverhulme Trust Senior Research Fellowships
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There is a little Neanderthal in a lot of us People who have large noses, a stocky build and a beetle brow may indeed be a little Neanderthal, according to a genetic study. But the good news is that...
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Tories aim to boost links with India Moves to encourage more Indian students to come to UK universities, including greater funding for scholarships, were called for by the Conservative party as part...
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Hungarian academic 'rejected by Heriot-Watt' A Hungarian academic with two doctorates claims she was rejected for a job at a Scottish university just because she was not born in an English-speaking...
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Boldness of tongue permitted
Freedom of Speech in Early Stuart England
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Loose ends and Gordian knots of the string cult
Not Even Wrong
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Mystics who lived on the cusp of human and spiritual existence
The Quest for the Shaman
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Scenes and plot unite to claim centre stage
The English Renaissance Stage
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First Impressions
This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a novel written in the form of an autobiography: "I, Tiberius Claudius Drusus Nero Germanicus This-...
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A 'devilish serious' celebrity who took to a secular pulpit
Sir Henry Irving
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How obelisks won the West
The Egyptian Revival
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Ruffing it: kings and poor alike suffered in straits
Fashion and Fiction