Time for Mr Straw to rock the jailhouse boat
The home secretary should consider a more imaginative approach to the use of imprisonment, argues Sean McConville. No news was the best news for penal policy in the Queen's Speech. Five flawed...
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Twain's outing
A biography of Mark Twain that claims he had several gay encounters has added a new twist to a literary legend. Tim Cornwell reports. Andy Hoffman has dropped a bombshell on the world of Mark Twain...
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From tiger to poodle?
At midnight on June 30, 155 years of British rule in Hong Kong cease. The handover to China raises complex questions for the colony's institutions, economy and citizens, with Hong Kong's thriving...
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Toxicology and Ecotoxicology News
Some information in our review of Toxicology and Ecotoxicology News/Reviews (THES, May 30) was out of date. The editors are Chris K. Atterwill and Judith Zelikoff, the journal is published bimonthly...
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Honorary degrees
University of Newcastle DEng: Tony Ridley, professor of transport engineering, Imperial College, director of the Eurotunnel project (1987-90) and managing director (1989-90) chairman and managing...
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Awards
The Geological Society The society presented medals on June 5 as follows: Wollaston Medal: Douglas Shearman, emeritus professor of geology at Imperial College, London Lyell Medal: Richard Barrie...
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Chairs
Aston University David Parker, senior lecturer and co-director of the research centre for industrial strategy at Birmingham University, has been appointed professor of business economics and strategy...
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Antithesis
At the risk of encouraging HRH: Exam Howlers by the end of June, please.
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Queen's Birthday Honours
Knights Bachelor Jack Edward Baldwin, Waynflete professor of chemistry, University of Oxford (for services to organic chemistry); Nicholas Dominic Cadbury, Cadbury Schweppes plc (for services to the...
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Appointments
Lincoln Theological Institute Martyn Percy, former chaplain of Christ's College Cambridge, has been appointed director of the newly established institute for the study of religion and society in...
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Chronicler of deaths foretold
Director of the Wiener Library and eminent Jewish academic David Cesarani talks to Huw Richards about the importance of history to his race. At a library table a student pursuing her research is bent...
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On the up
(Photograph) - On the up: The University of Derby, soon to open a Pounds 7-million learning centre, is likely to be allocated more money and fewer students under the Higher Education Funding Council...
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Cornwall College and South Devon College may merge
* Cornwall College and South Devon College could merge, it was announced this week. Talks have begun on plans that could lead to a new "university centre" in Cornwall, college heads said.
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Replicant
Spotted in Heriot-Watt University's ever-informative Internet Resources (www.hw.ac.uk/libWWW/irn/irn.html): the peer-reviewed, online Journal of Memetics has been launched at www.cpm.mmu.ac.uk/jom-...
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Excellent move
Peter Gibbins is leaving his chair at Exeter University to become director of the Oxford-based Virtual Centre of Excellence in Digital Broadcasting and Multimedia Technology (www. digital-vce.com), a...