Governing By Virtue: Lord Burghley and the Management of Elizabethan England, by Norman Jones
Andrew Hadfield on the achievements of an arguably overlooked figure
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Books interview: Deborah L. Rhode
The eminent legal scholar on Simone de Beauvoir, the trouble with lawyers, female friendship and living unhappily ever after
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The Great Departure: Mass Migration from Eastern Europe and the Making of the Free World, by Tara Zahra
Millions went West for a better life, but there were casualties in the human traffic, says Hester Vaizey
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Classics for the Masses: Shaping Soviet Musical Identity under Lenin and Stalin, by Pauline Fairclough
Neil Gregor on a fine study of the ever-changing landscape of orchestral musical politics in Moscow
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What are you reading? – 31 March 2016
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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A Better Politics: How Government Can Make Us Happier, by Danny Dorling
Book of the week: Facts and figures can get you only so far when it comes to political change, says Gordon Marsden
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In defence of the Twitter pariah
Sometimes you need someone as controversial as psychologist Hans Eysenck to advance science, says Philip Corr
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Grant winners – 31 March 2016
A round-up of recent recipients of research council cash
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Can a young university be a world-leading university?
Youth is not a bar to excellence, despite older institutions’ rankings success. Jack Grove analyses how some youthful contenders have risen in the ranks
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Laurie Taylor – 31 March 2016
The official weekly newsletter of the University of Poppleton. Finem respice!
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What’s the appropriate attire for learning?
Dress codes have all but died, but Felipe Fernández-Armesto still thinks we work best when properly and thoughtfully attired