Coming to terms via a test of tolerance
Parallels and Paradoxes
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A diabolical deal that still endangers democracy
The Final Frontier
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What Wittgenstein and Warhol had in common
Elijah's Cup
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Turn around to find who you really are
Strangers to Ourselves
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If only Mr Blair were a bonobo
On Not Being Able to Sleep
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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 novel by a naturalist with South American roots: "It is a cause of very great regret to me that this...
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Seeing can be misbelieving
Is the Visual World a Grand Illusion?
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Laurie Taylor column
After you with that THES , Charles. Certainly, Geoffrey. Won't be a tick. Just skimming through this piece by Helen Hague about women still being seriously underrepresented among academics. Any good...
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Leader: European links are essential for UK research
Amid the icy relations between British ministers and their most powerful continental partners, today's meeting of research leaders from 45 countries comes at an opportune moment to demonstrate that...
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Leader: Social sciences need to find ways to share
Education secretary Charles Clarke suggested at a recent seminar that the prominence - perhaps even the existence - of think-tanks reflected badly on universities. Academics were not engaging...
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Break-up brings surreal sadness
As the studio and archive of surrealist poet André Breton go under the hammer, Dawn Ades deplores the destruction of a unique collection. The final curtain on a long drawn-out quest to save a unique...
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Is mum's push more of a shove?
There is a fine line between an intrusive, 'intensive' parent and a mother who just wants to ensure that her child makes the most of her chances. Alison Utley reports. A mother and father turned up...
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Don't I look like Caesar at this angle?
The Roman general was invoked by Mussolini to legitimate his rule, but he is also cited as a warning against imperialism. Maria Wyke considers the continuing uses and abuses of Caesar's legacy. On...
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A unique arsenal of intellectual firepower
The crisis in the Middle East makes the war studies department at King's College more vital than ever, its director tells Martin Ince Wars looms large over much of 21st-century life. But although UK...
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Imperial mint maker
Susan Searle brought a Midas touch to Imperial College, where she helped build an operation that turns ideas into gold. What is the secret of her success, asks Caroline Davis. At one time, Susan...