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The Nineteenth Century, 1815-1901
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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 about the suppression of books. "It was a pleasure to burn." The winner receives a £25...
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Life and death in Victorian numbers
The Demography of Victorian England and Wales
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Enlightening short takes on a century of two halves
The Eighteenth Century, 1688-1815 - The Eighteenth Century, 1688-1815
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Why Nelson should have deployed his good eye
Precursors of Nelson - Most Secret and Confidential
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An aide-memoire for all Americans
The American Civil War - The Valley of the Shadow
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Hemp-smoking and ecstatic states in Africa's dark heart
Out of Our Minds
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Laurie Taylor column
From: The Vice-Chancellor To: All Academic Staff I am pleased to report that the Bursar has at last finished reading Professor Ramsden's research report, Patterns of Higher Education in the UK. It...
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Letter: Why animal testing is 'vital' (1)
I read Susan Green's letter claiming "animal testing is not scientific" while at the British Association's Festival of Science at Glasgow University (Letters, THES , September 7). Some of the...
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Letter: Why animal testing is 'vital' (2)
The statement "animal experimentation has never resulted in any advance in human medicine that could not have been discovered by other (safe) methods" is on the website of Europeans for Medical...
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Letter: Why animal testing is 'vital' (3)
It is tedious having to debate the value of animal research because of misleading letters from spurious organisations claiming medical expertise. A new book in support of animal experiments in the...
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Letter: QAA moratorium (1)
There must be a moratorium on Quality Assurance Agency reviews (Letters, THES , September 7). Nothing will be gained by rushing into another elaborate system of audit as proposed by the QAA....
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Letter: QAA moratorium (2)
John Randall's examples of "weaknesses threatening standards at some of Britain's universities" ("Mr Randall points out the fallible", THES , September 7) are interesting in the light of the...
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Letter: In brief (1)
Congratulations on your "Eyewitness" on shark conservation ( THES , August 31), but the sand tiger shark ( Carcharias taurus ) pictured is a strikingly different creature from a tiger shark (...