1. Frank Wood's Business Accounting: Volume One by Frank Wood and Alan Sangster; Prentice Hall, £36.99; ISBN 978037121212. Economics by N. Gregory Mankiw and Mark P. Taylor; South-Western, £44.99;...
It's credit where due, says Tom Rutter, in this account of the monetary context of the Bard's work
Richard Sha explores the influence of science on Romanticism
Remix: Making Art and Commerce Thrive in the Hybrid Economy by Lawrence Lessig, professor of law, Stanford University. Avery Publications, £20.00 and £12.99, ISBN 9781594201721 and 408113479"Lessig...
Sean Matthews discusses Raymond Williams' reliance on his own life experiences in his work
In the past four decades X-ray astronomy has completely transformed astrophysics, and the discoveries made by space missions devoted to X-ray astronomy have contributed greatly to our knowledge of...
This book is an interesting and ambitious concept, aiming to present Latin Christian, Muslim and Byzantine voices from the Crusades and, to quote the editors, to allow readers "to determine for...
The popular perception of the Church of England, and of Anglicanism more generally, is of a denomination in conflict between opposing camps of conservatives and liberals. While the terms of this...
ART AND DESIGNThe Aesthetics of UncertaintyBy Janet Wolff, professor of performance, screen and visual cultures, University of ManchesterColumbia University Press, £20.50ISBN 9780231140966Wolff...
In Australia, it has never cost so much to go to university. Consequently, students are no longer buying an education; they are buying a commodity they expect will lead to a job so they can pay off...
Our vice-chancellor was yesterday forced to apologise to David Lammy, the new Minister for Higher Education, for what he described as "a most unfortunate clerical error".According to inside sources,...
Alan Ryan wishes John Denham would build bridges instead of picking fights
In offering colleges new powers, the Government could find that it damages the very qualifications it set out to improve and extend
Christopher Bartlett, a leading authority on British foreign policy and international relations, has died.He was born on 12 October 1931, was brought up in Dorset and was educated at Queen Elizabeth'...
How marvellously refreshing it was to read the glorious affirmation by the University of Chicago's Robert Zimmer that the whole and entire raison d'etre of his top-ranked university is "a singular...