The man in black who enjoyed a late summer
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Chained to a shameful past
Ouidah
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Life and works of fiction
The Real Life of Anthony Burgess
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Hidden dangers of naked ambition
The Economy of Prestige
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First Impressions
This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a work written partly to create sympathy for the author's role in a Popish plot against Charles II: "...
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Ireland's first green revolution
Was Ireland a Colony?
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The collapse of a contradiction
An Economic History of South Africa
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War and peace and prosperity
Worlds Apart - The Economics of Microfinance
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Meeting of minds
Private Sector Involvement and International Financial Crises
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Academics strike gold
A growing cadre of super-rich academics is joining the ranks of the wealthy after reaping the rewards of commercialising their ideas and inventions. The first survey on the academic rich, compiled by...
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Research + PR = a very depressing equation
Cheer up! The saddest day of the year is nearly behind us. According to a formula popularised by Cliff Arnall, a health psychologist affiliated to Cardiff University, January 23 will be the...
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'Nuclear power is not the only solution to our future energy needs'
Nick Pidgeon, professor of environmental science at UEA, surveys the British public on some hot topics The attempt to reconcile our growing need for energy with fears over climate change is often...
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On the move...
* Cambridge University has appointed Arnoud De Meyer director of its Judge Business School, from September. Professor De Meyer is currently deputy dean at INSEAD, the international business school...
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Botany, geology firsts blooming
Undergraduates aiming for a first-class honours degree have an increasing chance of success if they study botany, geology, artificial intelligence or aerospace, an analysis of degree classification...
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Pass/fail proposal fails to pass muster
Plans to replace the traditional honours degree classification system with a simple three-point scale have been roundly rejected by employers and academics, writes Phil Baty. A review group...