First Impressions
This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a work by a doctor: "Dearest Cousin Mikhail Mikhailovich, A few days ago I had the honour and pleasure...
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Sorting the facts from fictions in Jungian myth
Jung - Jung and the Making of Modern Psychology
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Tales of autism, with and without a Rainman gloss
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time - Wild Boy
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It's the stupid Yanks, stupid
More Equal than Others
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The pain of the political animal
John F. Kennedy
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Manmade marks that tamed wilds of America
Measuring America
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Mole suspect 'busted'
Treasonable Doubt
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Debating the deficit
The Coming Generational Storm
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Unsavoury man, unsafe verdict
The Hanging of Ephraim Wheeler
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Laurie Taylor column
Right. Candidate 10384. Maureen, the marks please and the average. Sixty-two, 65, 61, 64, 62, 61, 63, and 66. And the average is 63. Excellent. A pretty solid upper second. All agreed? On to...
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Alan Ryan
Alumni bashes such as the Princeton P-rade should be emulated in the UK because friend-raising leads to fundraising. Every year around this time, the Princeton P-rade takes place. This is the...
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Leader: Adding mitres to mortar boards
Universities should not need lessons from the business community on pursuing the public good. But when the Council for Industry and Higher Education, with senior representatives from both sides of...
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Leader: A subject's plus signs
This week's report on the health of UK mathematics is a success story that other sciences must envy (page 9). There may be no spectacular shows to compare with Venus crossing the face of the sun, but...