Portrait of a Novel: Henry James and the Making of an American Masterpiece
The story behind the writing of a literary tour de force is illuminating, finds Tessa Hadley
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Dominatrix: Gender, Eroticism, and Control in the Dungeon
BDSM (the compound acronym denoting the practices of bondage and discipline, dominance and submission, sadism and masochism) seems to be everywhere these days. The unprecedented and unlikely...
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Just and Unjust Peace: An Ethic of Political Reconciliation
This is a wonderful book that has all the strengths and weaknesses of the US scholarship on which it is based. In such a cultural space, religion is perceived as an asset, a positive resource,...
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Was Hitler Ill? A Final Diagnosis
No excuses, says Yvonne Sherratt: the Fuhrer’s enormities cannot be blamed on insanity
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The Making of Global Capitalism: The Political Economy of American Empire
Leo Panitch and Sam Gindin have produced an ambitious account of the nature of global capitalism, looking at its historical origins in order to argue that the US state has been the main driver of the...
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Triumphs of Experience: The Men of the Harvard Grant Study
Social science research has much in common with detective investigations: a search for unexpected connections and the crucial finding that will explain all. Once found, the solution seems obvious and...
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Odds and quads
These are the original designs for the dioramas created for London's Commonwealth Institute by one of the UK's leading post-war designers, James Gardner (1907-95).
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Appointments
City University LondonCarl StychinThe new dean of City University London's law school said the job had become "more and more attractive" as he became convinced of the contribution it could make to...
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It should be the making of us
Rejecting dire warnings that increasing competition in higher education will end in disaster, Paul Ramsden argues that the opposite could be true, but only if the sector is allowed to take charge of...
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13 December 2012
Amazonian ambitions - Brazil parades its research wealth on the international stage
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All we want for Christmas
Malcolm Gillies awaits a sleigh and nine tiny (UKBA-compliant) reindeer
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Pacific Specifics
As the Queensland Art Gallery celebrates 20 years of its Asia Pacific Triennials, Peter Hill explores the latest edition of a remarkably pan-national affair
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Boom times and golden goals
All eyes are on Brazil’s academy and its rising research output, generous funding and willingness to team up internationally in a bid to become a major player. Elizabeth Gibney reports from São Paulo...
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13 December 2012 issue review
Podcast Powered By PodbeanEditor John Gill, news editor Simon Baker, and reporter Elizabeth Gibney join Chris Parr to discuss some of the highlights from this week’s Times Higher Education. Brazil’s...
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Science ring-fence may be trampled as the Treasury hunts for savings
The government’s drive for cuts in the next spending review could jeopardise the ring-fence for science funding, as well as putting additional pressure on student finance and numbers, the sector has...