History that improves with age
The complete revision of a history book, first published in I959 and widely used as a textbook on both sides of the Atlantic, is bound to be a daunting task. I had made minor changes to The Age of...
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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 Pulitzer prizewinning novel: " To the red country and part of the grey country of Oklahoma the last...
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All Souls can't speak to all souls
The First and the Last - First and Last Things
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Lives bound by parties and gifts
Women of China - Women of the long march
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Limbo that left a fiery muse cold
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
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Women and minority positions
Is Multiculturalism Bad for Women?
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Feminist witness to the century
Simone de Beauvoir
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Pink in the land of blues
Men Like That
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Not gay - just busy having fun
Love in a Different Climate
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Power behind the curtain
Agrippina - Matrona Docta
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Inside the pocket with the banana
Remembering Osiris
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More give, less take
The Brits could learn much from the US when it comes to financing higher education, says Alan Ryan There have been two connected contradictions at the heart of government education policy, perhaps...
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Cubie report student campaign on March 1
Students' associations across Scotland have voted unanimously for a day of action on March 1, calling for the Cubie report to be implemented in full. Richard Baker, president of the National Union of...
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Library opens up
The British Library is holding a live online meeting on March 1 to widen discussion of its annual report among stakeholders worldwide. The meeting will act as a pilot for future live online events...