The past decade has witnessed a notable increase in public interest in polar exploration, particularly in figures of the "heroic age", such as Franklin, Shackleton and Peary. Many like to see in such...
The main argument of this well-written and readable book advocates that the battles against both patriarchy and social structures that were detrimental to the advancement and equal participation of...
Martin Anderson considers the personal tragedies (and the alcohol) behind a grim set of statistics
There is something deeply flawed about this book. It's got nothing to do with the author's ability to observe and absorb the facts, nor with his ability to cater to an obvious fan base, nor even with...
According to a new generation of self-avowed atheists such as Richard Dawkins, A.C. Grayling, Sam Harris and Christopher Hitchens, religion is inherently violent, irrational and reactionary. Only...
Catherine Grant explores spectators' desire for the cinema and the new universes that it opens up
This could have been a good book but sadly it isn't. Yet it only just fails in its purpose and Robert Laughlin, the author, should be encouraged to research his thesis more deeply, because he is an...
Why write? The question is especially poignant for writers who fashion their words in a strange country and in a language not their own. Why write when you render yourself vulnerable to accusations...
Steve Edwards finds positives and negatives in the claim that photos are a key part of political culture
What is Cuban civil society like? This is a difficult question, and one that many scholars have attempted to unravel with little success. Efforts tend to range from, at one extreme, Cold War...
ART AND DESIGN- Railways and the Western European CapitalsBy Micheline Nilsen, assistant professor of art history, University of Indiana. Palgrave Macmillan, £45.00. ISBN 9780230607736Nilsen looks at...
According to an annual survey of executive compensation, the president of Boston's Suffolk University was paid $2.8 million (£1.89 million) last year, while the presidents of Northwestern University...
A cheering crowd gathered outside the main administrative block this morning as the news came through that our university had leapt 123 places up the research league table in this year's research...
Journals want 'no ifs and buts' research, but Tim Birkhead wants honesty
A fortnightly series in which academics step outside their area of expertise. Laleh Khalili on two intimate, nourishing and, for female academics, often simultaneous acts: breastfeeding a child and...