Bitter genius of unloved son
George Melly on the definitive life of a nihilistic, unhappy clown I don't think anybody else need write another book on Groucho Marx after this one. It is as definitive as possible. Some may ask if...
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Lamenting a bygone discipline
Critical Condition
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Latest spin on earth's evolution
Deep Time
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First Impressions
This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from it's opening sentence, comes from a French novelist who began by writing opera libretti: " In the year 1866 the whole maritime...
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Laurie Taylor column
"The trickle of parents accompanying their offspring on open days has become a flood" THES December 8. Professor Lapping. What is it, Maureen? Didn't I tell you I was busy all day filling out my...
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Letter: Labour pains of working mums (1)
Do working mothers put in far more hours than men ("A crushing workload", Soapbox, THES, December 8)? How can you even ask that question? I read Susan Bassnett's article with a wry smile as my two...
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Letter: Labour pains of working mums (2)
As a woman on an academic contract who is nowhere near being a vice-chancellor (and doesn't aspire to be one), but who is also loaded with "S" (support activities), has a toddler, takes work home (to...
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Letter: Labour pains of working mums (3)
Your article is one of the first I have read where an academic has gone into print on the very sensitive subject of whether women put in far more hours than men. If the government's transparency...
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Letter: Commonwealth funds
Readers may draw the wrong conclusions from your report on the continued funding of the Commonwealth of Learning owing to how you juxtaposed our written reports, oral presentation and ministerial...
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Letter: Running battle
Perdita Stevens and her colleagues (Letters, THES, December 1) query my statement that mathematical ability is gender-linked. There are many sources of data on the distribution of mathematical...
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Letter: Pension fuming
Academics who criticise Nottingham for taking tobacco cash should scrutinise their pension plans. When I was offered membership of the Universities' Superannuation Scheme, more than 10 per cent of...
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Letter: Flak for all hacks (1)
David Palfreyman's points to a problem with "well-meaning amateur dons as part-time committee hacks" (Letters, THES, December 8). That problem is far worse in Cambridge, and it concerns me that...
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Letter: Flak for all hacks (2)
Congratulations to David Palfreyman on sending me to the dictionary twice and causing me mentally to draw breath three times while reading one of his sentences. Oxford lives... Beverley Thompson...