The art of the matter
As high-profile art schools are absorbed by larger institutions, Peter Hill asks if their uniquely fertile environments suffer for being overseen by those whose priorities inevitably lie elsewhere
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Hajj: Journey to the Heart of Islam
As a new exhibition illuminates the creative expressions of a Muslim ritual, James Piscatori explores its spiritual dimension
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Diary
Bury St Edmunds and touringBlock Party: inspired by the art of the tailorPattern cutting - whereby tailors transform flat blocks into three- dimensional forms - has long been a source of artistic...
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The Pick - David Hockney: A Bigger Picture
Credit: Royal Academy of ArtsDavid Hockney: A Bigger PictureRoyal Academy of Arts, London 21 January to 9 April"Do you remember Walt Disney's Fantasia?" asks the artist in Martin Gayford's marvellous...
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'Death' jumper slams Poppleton
"I blame alumni relations." That was the shock statement made by former Poppleton student Derek Winkworth after he was found this Tuesday morning at the foot of the university cooling tower following...
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Slay the Oxbridge myths (2 of 2)
George Fieldman says that it would be unfair to penalise privately educated schoolchildren by imposing a quota system on Oxbridge in proportion to the number of such children in the education sector...
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Unite to fight the predators
The Harvard University report on the appalling record of for-profit companies in the US is timely ("US for-profits leave students worse off", 12 January).This welcome contribution adds to the growing...
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Hard road for soft skills
Athene Donald's article on the damage that can be done to women's academic careers by job references that include adjectives such as "affectionate, tactful, sensitive, helpful" and the like -...
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Poverty of vision pays well (1 of 2)
Call me a desiccated husk if you like, but vice-chancellors all have the same vision - and it invariably comes to nothing ("V-cs, it might be time for us to have a talk about a pay review", 12...
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Poverty of vision pays well (2 of 2)
While it is clearly true that vice-chancellors' salaries are excessive and there is no serious case for further increases, one does wonder how they managed to miss a trick and not develop a bonus...
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The full story, without misrepresentation
Your extensive article on University of Wales validation ("Boom and bust", 5 January) was a welcome piece of journalism that demonstrated unbiased reporting - something that has been sadly missing in...
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Slay the Oxbridge myths (1 of 2)
The recent (and recurring) debate regarding the state-independent divide in Oxbridge admissions ("Super-selection creates a monoculture that does not benefit society", 15 December, and the subsequent...
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Film review: J. Edgar
Clint Eastwood's biopic of the first head of the FBI belongs to its leading man, argues Will Brooker
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TV review: Unfinished
Incomplete works hold eternal appeal, from Dickens' Edwin Drood to Austen's Sanditon, says Gary Day
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John Rex, 1925-2011
John Rex left his native South Africa after being branded an "undesirable" as a result of his opposition to apartheid, and went on to produce influential work on race relations throughout his career....