In a revolting state
An Illustrated History of Late Medieval England - Henry VI and the Politics of Kingship - The Revolt of Owain Glyn Dwr
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Fertile ground for debate
The Embryo Research Debate
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Lucy all at sea - with rocks
From Lucy to Language
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First impressions
This week's First Impressions, the competition in which you have to identify a book from its opening line, comes from an author who was given a year to live in 1959 but did not die until 34 years...
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Fellowships
University College, London Honorary fellows: Thomas Bingham, Lord Chief Justice of England and former master of the rolls (1992-96). Visitor of UCL. Patricia Easterling, Regius professor of Greek,...
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Honorary degrees
University of St Andrews DD: Gerd Theissen, professor of New Testament, University of Heidelberg. DLitt: William Boyd, author; Billie Whitelaw, actress; Nawal El Saadwai, author. DSc: Richard Mabey,...
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Antithesis
Wordsworth and Shelley could not support reality. And they're not the only ones. Their 20th-century disciples ensured that 1997 produced the richest crop of examination howlers in years. Perhaps our...
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Appointments
University of Essex Michael Nolan, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary, privy councillor and chairman of the Committee on Standards in Public Life, has been elected chancellor. University of Birmingham...
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Chairs
University of Birmingham John Barnden, formerly at New Mexico State University, has been appointed to the chair of computer science. John Blake, professor of applied mathematics, has been appointed...
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A garlicked isle, set in an olive oil sea
The food on our plates has been transformed since the war by a host of political, social and economic flavours. Continuing our series on food, Brian Harrison runs through history's menu King George V...
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From cowboys to coyboys
More than half of all Americans claim to be suffering from a serious social disease - shyness. Hard to believe, but Philip Zimbardo, a leading shyness researcher, blames the communications age and...
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The essential guide to sexuality
Universities can be a haven from ignorance and prejudice for transsexuals. But the academic debate about whether it is possible to change sex rages on. Phil Baty reports When Susan Marshall started...
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Secret cash for Ulster
A MYSTERY benefactor has donated Pounds 2.5 million towards the University of Ulster's "peaceline" campus in west Belfast. The university has refused to reveal the donor, believed to be an individual...
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Hate probe
The University of Central Lancashire has won Pounds 28,204 from the British Library to investigate racism on the Internet.
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Art to art
Art resources abound on the web. Two useful springboards are the sites maintained by Laura Baigorri at Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona (www.iua.upf.es/baigorri/ arte) and Guillem Ramos-Poqui,...