Weeping Britannia: Portrait of a Nation in Tears, by Thomas Dixon
Joanna Lewis on a portrait of British blubbering from medieval mystics to the death of Diana
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Language, Madness, and Desire: On Literature, by Michel Foucault
Danielle Sands on a collection of previously unpublished material that fails to capture the ‘flair and flight’ of the French philosopher at his best
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addicted. pregnant. poor, by Kelly Ray Knight
Lisa Mckenzie on a sobering American ethnography written with understanding and respect
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Players and Pawns: How Chess Builds Community and Culture, by Gary Alan Fine
Time and temperament are explored in a masterly study of an old game of thrones, says Les Gofton
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Filming the Body in Crisis: Trauma, Healing and Hopefulness, by Davina Quinlivan
Elizabeth I. Watkins on a study about reparation that analyses recent works including Hunger and Waltz with Bashir
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Prison Shakespeare: For These Deep Shames and Great Indignities, by Rob Pensalfini
Peter J. Smith on a study of the history of drama in penal settings
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Strip Cultures: Finding America in Las Vegas, by The Project on Vegas: Susan Willis, Stacy Jameson, Karen Klugman and Jane Kuenz
A work of distinction offers fresh insights into the hedonism and hangovers, says Richard J. Williams
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What are you reading? – 1 October 2015
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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How to manage rapid change
Steve Olivier offers tips for a smoother transition
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Strengthening external examining ‘risks creating national inspectorate’
Increased role for governing bodies also questioned in responses to Hefce’s quality assessment consultation
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We must do more to tell the full story of impact
Most REF case studies related simple, short-term impacts, missing a host of wider, longer-term effects, argues Trisha Greenhalgh
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MI5 files are worth the wait for researchers
Declassified after 50 years, the papers aren’t always reliable sources of information, but they help historians fill in the blanks, says Geoff Andrews
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Grant winners – 1 October 2015
A round-up of recent recipients of research council cash
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The week in higher education – 1 October 2015
The good, the bad and the offbeat – the academy through the lens of the national press
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No 10’s extremism report mirrors text of thinktank study
Government urged to reveal source of claims about universities that allegedly hosted extremist speakers