This week, the head of the General Medical Council urged the NHS to shed its paternalistic culture. Linden West explains the urgency of the situation. Manchester GP Harold Shipman embarks on an epic...
As traditional politics struggles to cope with changing economic and social demands, Andrew Samuels argues that psychotherapy might offer some inspiration. Politics in many western countries has...
Matthew Parker did not pay much to accumulate his library. But four centuries later, it is going to take £20 million to house it properly. Parker’s library at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, was...
Protesting lecturers risk wages Lecturers taking part in the national dispute over pay were told this week that they will not be paid until "normal working" is resumed. Warwick warns of...
Police fire tear gas at demonstrators Police in Jakarta, the Indonesian capital, have fired tear gas at 3,000 demonstrators, many of them students, who were demanding the resignation of president...
FINANCIAL TIMES Scientists from Lucent Technologies have found a way to wring more bandwidth from the mobile phone spectrum, increasing the data-carrying capacity of radio signals by a factor of...
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Moral Notes (11.30 am R4). Victorian popular songs and their values: Simon Brett continues his series with a selection of anti-drink songs. Word of Mouth (4.00 R4). Michael Rosen examines the jargon...
Students defy army to call for ceasefire Thousands of university students have defied a military order and taken to the streets in Jaffna, Sri Lanka, to press the government to...
Quality head attacks over-assessed degrees Universities are assessing students too often to allow them to gain the proper conceptual understanding required for an honours degree, John Randall, chief...
MISCELLANY Ministers have intervened in a last-ditch attempt to stop Huntingdon Life Sciences, the laboratory company being targeted by animal rights activists, closing after its bank decided not to...
Patient Progress (11.00 am R4). Second of two programmes on stress (repeat). Thinking Allowed – The Larger Map (4.00 R4). Laurie Taylor is in Birmingham, where he meets novelist David Lodge, history...
Iran defends right to jail academics Iran has hit back at German government criticism of jail sentences for six reformist intellectuals who attended a...