The wage of reason
Stephen Machin and Andrew Oswald ("Economic rent", THES, June 25) argue that academic economists need to be paid "far, far more". The main reason they give is that young economists are now going into...
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The English have got a lovely bunch of coconuts
Voltaire's Coconuts
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Blind man with the gift of vision
Collected Fictions - Selected Poems
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Living pictures of phantom dead
Cinema and the Great War - Filming All Quiet on the Western Front
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The roots of our present ills
English Pasts
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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 tale of English snobbery and a rural legacy: " One may as well begin with Helen's letters to her...
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Under the spells of scientific discovery
Galileo's Commandment
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A battle for public opinion
William Pitt and the French Revolution 1785-95 - The British Monarchy and the French Revolution
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From strikes to teamwork tiffs
The Harmonisation of Employment Conditions in Britain - Rethinking Industrial Relations
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Necessary steps to preserve the world's ecosystem
Our Forests Our Future
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Sailing towards the real Byzantium
Byzantine Court Culture from 829 to 1204
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The patchy wealth of nations
The Competitive Advantage of Nations
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Angels in dirty places
The radically orthodox, they call themselves,a group of academics who believe in miracles, write about sex shops and want to see theology at the centre of the university curriculum. Elaine Williams...
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Young, gifted and on the right track
Spotting gifted children used to be scorned as elitist. Now a university is being urged to help teach the brightest youngsters lost in inner-city schools. Bibi Berki reports. Joe Renzulli - one of...
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Islands of sanity in a highly charged atmosphere
Israeli academic and novelist Amos Oz tells Anne Sebba why universities can have a crucial role in the quest for peace. Ask Amos Oz, the Israeli academic and novelist, the best way to cure fanaticism...