Settling for the best
The latest entrant for the worst acronym in academe competition has just arrived, courtesy of the Higher Education Funding Council for England. Provoking reminiscences of The Diary's schooling - when...
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Desperate dogs collared
Dog owners driven desperate by howling and whining on car journeys are being sought for a project aimed at calming down agitated pets. A team led by Daniel Mills, director of the animal behaviour...
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Keep up with the Ken Joneses
Here's a recipe for confusion served up by the Swansea Institute. It has appointed a new dean of humanities, Ken Jones, to replace the previous dean, who retired recently, also named Ken Jones. Mind...
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Why I ...think the new visa extension charges should be scrapped
It sounds like something out of the "Uday and Qusay Hussein Handbook on Public Administration". A declaration that students of a particular background shall henceforth pay high charges devised by a...
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Life proved colourful in forgotten kingdoms
Silken Threads Lacquer Thrones
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Father of 'g' tackles 'whys'
Intelligence, Race and Genetics
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The Scot born to be a lifelong poet
Edwin Morgan
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Beeb's debt to Birt
The Fun Factory
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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 Victorian first novel published after the author's death: "The other day in looking over my papers,...
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Why our capital is always revolting
Violent London
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A life of high drama, dudgeon and dilemma
Nature and Mortality
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So what exactly is natural?
The Concept of Nature
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History of curiosity is written on the walls
20th Century Pattern Design
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Witness boxes and lunchboxes
Benchmark
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The art of rising from the ashes
Japanese Prints during the Allied Occupation 1945-1952