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  1. Artfully put

    Scientist David McAlpine may well be proud of his mastery of the intellectual rigour of the arts. So much so that he sees fit, in his letter on the C. P. Snow two cultures divide debate, to comment...

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  2. Advice unheeded

    The headline of your report of the ruling by the visitor in the case of Andy Terry is inaccurate ("Privy Council overturns ruling by complaints ombudsman", November 25). While the Privy Council could...

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  3. Uncle Joe's less obvious legacy to the oppressed

    Could Stalin possibly have been the instigator of the human rights movement? Andrew Puddephatt considers how the dictator might argue his case Interviewer: Mr Stalin, I understand that you are...

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  4. A smug smile at Blair's defeat

    Philip Cowley was told his book on Labour rebels was exaggerated. Now he's happy to say 'I told you so' If you object to smugness, dislike I-told-you-sos or believe, like St Augustine, that it is...

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  5. More than a billion people but where are the thinkers?

    Indian employers find it laughable that Gordon Brown considers their country a threat to the UK economy when most graduates they interview can't muster an original thought - but one man is hoping to...

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  6. Making of men of the moment

    Huw Richards asks old friends of the Tory leadership contenders what shaped the two men's ideologies Vernon Bogdanor, professor of government at Oxford University, vividly remembers his tutorials...

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  8. Passions run high as the joy of art is laid bare

    Our monthly guide to some of the conferences taking place around the world Harriet Swain discusses visual thrills with organisers of a conference that offers controversial bitesized ideas When...

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  9. Conference watch: December

    The symbolism of water in religion is one of the subjects of debate at the Water and Civilisation conference, organised by the Water History Association. Academics will discuss how particular water...

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  10. Instant expert: Cryptology and coding

    Tenth Institute of Mathematics and its Applications (IMA) International Conference of Cryptography and Coding, Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester, December 19-21. IMA members: £225 Non-members...

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  12. Switzerland votes in favour of five-year GM ban

    Brussels, 30 Nov 2005 Swiss voters have supported a ban on the commercial cultivation of genetically modified (GM) crops. The majority was small at 55.6 per cent, but enough to ensure that GM crops...