Thriving on a Riff
Trevor Herbert finds resonance in an account of the influence of jazz on American books and films
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So Clean: Lord Leverhulme, Soap and Civilization
Considering that William Lever was such an important late-Victorian and Edwardian public figure, he has garnered relatively little attention compared with his industrialist contemporaries such as...
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After the Car
As I was completing this review, I chanced upon a New York Times blog entitled "Car-Free in America", in which four prominent American scholars discussed the same topic as Kingsley Dennis and John...
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Screen Education: From Film Appreciation to Media Studies
The case for the study of cinema was hard fought, not least among the believers, finds Philip Kemp
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‘To Everything There Is a Season’: Pete Seeger and the Power of Song
In a recent edition of Times Higher Education, James Alexander lamented the gradual demise of the electric guitar in the years that followed the 1970s. The article ran around the time of the 90th...
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Doctoring the Mind: Why Psychiatric Treatments Fail
The citadel of psychiatry has withstood several determined assaults since at least the middle of the last century, most of them launched from within psychiatry itself. Minor skirmishing, involving a...
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CHEMISTRY- Modern Molecular Photochemistry of Organic MoleculesBy Nicholas J. Turro, William P. Schweitzer professor of chemistry, Columbia University, V. Ramamurthy, Bernaud Bauss professor of...
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University of Strathclyde - Roots manoeuvre
Gavin Esler, presenter of Newsnight, and musician Dougie MacLean investigated their family histories at the University of Strathclyde's International Genealogy Festival last week. Bruce Durie,...
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Durham University - Wave of fear
The potential for a devastating Pacific Ocean tsunami striking the West Coast of America may be greater than was previously thought, according to researchers. Geological evidence gathered from the...
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University of Reading - Fellowship of the ruins
A department of archaeology is celebrating its status as the only academic department in Britain boasting five British Academy fellows. Martin Bell, professor of environmental archaeology at the...
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University of Central Lancashire - A firm friend
The North West Regional Development Agency has awarded more than £750,000 to Lancashire Business School, part of the University of Central Lancashire, to help small businesses across the region. The...
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University of Portsmouth - Dig for victory
Staff and students are growing their own food on 50 gardening plots across a university campus. The project at the University of Portsmouth is linked to the city's Healthy Cities Initiative and is...
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University of Bath - Base camp for Olympic ascent
A university campus has been chosen to host the British Paralympic team's preparations in the build-up to the London 2012 Paralympic Games. ParalympicsGB's athletes, coaches and support staff will...
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The Open University - Worth his basalt
A volcanologist has been selected to join a team of internationally renowned scientists on a two-month expedition drilling into one of the oldest sea-floor areas in the planet. Mike Widdowson,...
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University of Salford - Practical applications
A university is piloting a physics degree that aims to make learning more relevant to real life and students more attractive to employers. The University of Salford is working with the Institute of...