The blind writer who saw beyond genre
Borges
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Mathematical puzzles to please the eye
Fractals and Chaos
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Frontiers of wellbeing
National Healths
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The genesis of the power and the glory
An Introduction to Christianity
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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 by the youngest ever director of the National Gallery: "I am standing on the Pont des Arts in...
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Most gifted reader of our landscape
Reassessing Nikolaus Pevsner
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The cacophony of voices of the past still resonates
Salonica, City of Ghosts
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Signs of success clear and obscure
John Pell (1611-1685) and His Correspondence with Sir Charles Cavendish
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Uphill race for GM sprinters?
Genetically Modified Athletes
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North flaunts strengths
Research universities in the North are lobbying ministers to challenge the supremacy of the "self-confident" golden triangle in the South East, it has emerged. The "N8" group of northern universities...
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Inspectors sought, no experience necessary
Academics who suspect that quality inspectors may not always know what they are talking about appear to have had their worst fears confirmed this week. The Quality Assurance Agency is seeking to...
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'You cannot change the founding document just because you do not like it'
Sir Colin Lucas, secretary of the Rhodes Trust, is cutting the number of scholarships to poor countries "We are really not just being beastly," insisted Sir Colin Lucas, secretary of the Rhodes Trust...
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On the move ...
* Robert Kalin , professor in the school of civil engineering at Queen's University, Belfast, has been appointed to a research chair in environmental engineering, sponsored by the Royal Academy of...
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St Hilda's is flush as poker bet pays off
Gambling is rarely a safe bet when it comes to making money, but the women of St Hilda's College, Oxford, are quids in thanks to the boom in online poker, writes Claire Sanders. St Hilda's, one of...