Mental uncertainty principles
Tristan Bekinschtein recommends a challenge to our notions of consciousness and cognition
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On the Edge: The Contested Cultures of English Suburbia by Rupa Huq
This is the end鈥y beautiful friend鈥︹ Jim Morrison鈥檚 voice filters through the thin walls of my Travelodge suite as the lorries rumble along the M25 into the dark heart of suburbia.This is going to...
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The Bonobo and the Atheist: In Search of Humanism Among the Primates by Frans de Waal
Bonobos could teach God a thing or two about morality. If you have heard of these great apes, it is probably because their libidinous nature evokes that of a better-known primate depicted by...
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Fresh perspectives on 鈥榮avage鈥 ground
Neil Rennie on the observers and the observed in global cultural exchanges of the 18th century
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What are you reading?
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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On your Marx
Sheila聽Rowbotham on a portrait of a thinker who was neither infallible nor entirely prophetic
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REF request denied
Paul Magrs was flabbergasted when an institution he had left almost a decade before and had not heard from since asked to use his work to demonstrate impact in the REF. Here, he sets down the...
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Do you think this is working?
The viva, the final hurdle to gaining a PhD, is labour-intensive, not conducted to any national standard and is dreaded by students who fear an examiner will capriciously halt their career. Is it...
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Campus round-up
Fit to printA group of illustration students are bringing traditional printmaking skills back to the defunct press room of a local newspaper. The former press room at the Bournemouth Echo building,...
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Thatcher鈥檚 academic paradox
Margaret Thatcher was committed to freedom, but under her reign state power over universities increased. Vernon聽Bogdanor assesses her legacy to education
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Malcolm Gillies - Saga holidays
Malcolm Gillies discusses Parsifal and Wagner鈥檚 bicentenary
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Toby Miller shakily recalls an airborne brush with terror
Toby Miller recalls a paralysing encounter with terror in the skies and asks: in my shoes, would you have reacted differently?
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Tim Luckhurst on the BBC-LSE spat over Panorama's penetration of North Korea
Complaining about being kept in the dark on undercover reporting in North Korea is peevish of the LSE, believes Tim聽Luckhurst
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If university education is a human right, high fees may be legally wrong, argues Geraldine Van Bueren
International law could help opponents of rising tuition costs fight their battle, counsels Geraldine聽Van聽Bueren
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Obituary - Katharine Giles
A talented young academic who carried out groundbreaking research into global warming has died.Katharine Giles, who was born on 22 March 1978, held a Natural Environment Research Council scholarship...