The Great Departure: Mass Migration from Eastern Europe and the Making of the Free World, by Tara Zahra
Millions went West for a better life, but there were casualties in the human traffic, says Hester Vaizey
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Classics for the Masses: Shaping Soviet Musical Identity under Lenin and Stalin, by Pauline Fairclough
Neil Gregor on a fine study of the ever-changing landscape of orchestral musical politics in Moscow
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What are you reading? – 31 March 2016
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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A Better Politics: How Government Can Make Us Happier, by Danny Dorling
Book of the week: Facts and figures can get you only so far when it comes to political change, says Gordon Marsden
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In defence of the Twitter pariah
Sometimes you need someone as controversial as psychologist Hans Eysenck to advance science, says Philip Corr
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Grant winners – 31 March 2016
A round-up of recent recipients of research council cash
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Can a young university be a world-leading university?
Youth is not a bar to excellence, despite older institutions’ rankings success. Jack Grove analyses how some youthful contenders have risen in the ranks
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Laurie Taylor – 31 March 2016
The official weekly newsletter of the University of Poppleton. Finem respice!
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What’s the appropriate attire for learning?
Dress codes have all but died, but Felipe Fernández-Armesto still thinks we work best when properly and thoughtfully attired
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Maverick spirit of art schools is being crushed
Anna Coatman’s feature “What next for art schools?” (17 March) on the “lost” golden age of UK art schools omitted an important and still relevant fact: there was “something in the air” about those...