All the world's disparate stages
The Oxford Illustrated History of Theatre
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The apes who go to war
Demonic Males
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Courteous combatants
Medieval Knighthood V - The Knight and Chivalry
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Alexander the not-so-great
Civil War in Siberia
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The reification of rhythm
Indian Music and the West
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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 a journalist fascinated by Copernicus: "We can add to our knowledge, but we...
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Grants
University of Central England Research contracts Professor J. Low, Pounds 60,000 from the Midlands Study Centre (development of built environment professionals); Jubilee Arts and the Birmingham...
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Honorary degrees
University of the West of England DEd: Jack Taylor, former principal of Redland College, Bristol; Brian Simon, emeritus professor of education, University of Leicester. University of Leicester DLitt...
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Landmines in the psyche triggered by age
They don't know, they don't know, they think it's crazy, 50 years, you should be all right now ... They ask you questions, they don't understandat all what anybody thinks or what they've been through...
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Work with lava louts
Mark Davies outlines the dangers and attractions of working around mountains that explode. Kate Worsley reports Earlier this year Mark Davies spent two months monitoring the volcano on Montserrat, in...
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Silent veterans trapped in the ruins of a dead war
Many of those who experienced the second world war's horrors are still suffering psychologically. Stephen Davies and Nick Hunt believe we should now acknowledge their traumas and treat them In 1940...
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The origin of the specious?
Charles Darwin has been lauded as the principal author of evolutionary theory. But should the laurels be awarded instead to his grandfather, Erasmus? Desmond King-Hele examines the evidence It has...
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The morality of creature comfort
How humans treat animals is a question of our duties towards them not of their rights, argues Mary Midgley Every few months, there is a loud splash when a bold inhabitant dives into some academic or...
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Relatives' values
A new study suggests that cultural attitudes may affect perceptions of child sex abuse, adding to the difficulties social work lecturers face in teaching students how to spot and deal with the...