Risky business 1
The situation revealed by the education consultant in Singapore ("A hard sell for easy money", THES , April 26) is not new. It was recognition of such activities that prompted the formation of the...
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Risky business 2
The article "Singapore scholars criticise US focus" ( THES , May 3) attributed a statement that "with nearly 2,000 faculty members, staff turnover was high" to our head of corporate communications,...
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Unjust attack
We were astonished to read that "Staff at Goldsmiths want Pimlott's head" ( THES , May 24) in a report about a motion of no confidence in the warden, Ben Pimlott, to go before the local Association...
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Architecture's everyman
Glenn Murcutt has just been awarded the 'Nobel prize of architecture'. Linda Vergnani meets the uncompromising loner 'whom every architect would like to be'. Driving an ancient Citroën through a...
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This may make you choke on your sushi...
Does one of the host nations of the World Cup bring to mind geishas and duty-bound businessmen? Cut the cliché, says Ayako Yoshino. The world's greatest sporting carnival has kicked off again. Brace...
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Warming words but chill is still in the air
Does the strategic arms reduction treaty signed by Russia and the US liquidate 'the legacy of the cold war', asks At last week's summit between US president George W. Bush and Russian president...
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'Human evolution has moved on from the biological to the cultural arena'
Continuing our series of Big Science Questions, Mark Buchanan asks if we are in a post-evolutionary age, and Michael Ruse looks at our role in change. Comments that followed the death of Stephen Jay...
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Has mother nature been outwitted?
Continuing our series of Big Science Questions, Mark Buchanan asks if we are in a post-evolutionary age, and Michael Ruse looks at our role in change. It is tempting to suppose that in this modern...
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Empire needed its emir, caliph, king
On the eve of the Queen's golden jubilee celebrations, THES writers examine why European monarchies endure and look at royal dynasties around the world. British imperial rule nurtured pliant monarchs...
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The power of the crown to harmonise
On the eve of the Queen's golden jubilee celebrations, THES writers examine why European monarchies endure and look at royal dynasties around the world. Europe's monarchs have survived by ceding...
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Glamorous granny always wins contest
On the eve of the Queen's golden jubilee celebrations, THES writers examine why European monarchies endure and look at royal dynasties around the world. Nushin Arbabzadah recalls her experience of...
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Plucky king was a true family man
On the eve of the Queen's golden jubilee celebrations, THES writers examine why European monarchies endure and look at royal dynasties around the world. King Hussein's power lay in his ability to...
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Take pride, and the rest will follow
On the eve of the Queen's golden jubilee celebrations, THES writers examine why European monarchies endure and look at royal dynasties around the world. High ideals will enable the Thai royal family...
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Royally rich but never free
On the eve of the Queen's golden jubilee celebrations, THES writers examine why European monarchies endure and look at royal dynasties around the world. Despite their huge wealth, royals shackled by...
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From Plato to Nato: our dated ideas
The Blackwell Guide to Social and Political Philosophy. First edition - Political Philosophy - Engaging Political Philosophy - Political Philosophy. First edition - Women, Political Philosophy and...