Explanations for the durability - or not - of undemocratic regimes could scarcely be more timely, given the upheavals that cashiered strongmen in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya, but not (so far) in Syria...
A 19th-century farmers' movement has left its mark on US universities, finds Francisco Ramirez
More than two centuries after the revolution of 1789, the identification of the French nation with its republican institutions and values represents one of the most powerful myths in modern history;...
Tony Allan is acknowledged as a world authority in the political economy of water policy and its reform. A pioneer in the development of key concepts in the understanding and communication of water...
Sarah Toulalan praises an exploration of how pre-19th-century societies acted on their urges
Isn't it time we started taking culture seriously in the design of technological innovations? Here, cultural theorist and media designer Anne Balsamo throws down the gauntlet in a manifesto for true...
Writing Irish history, for any readership and at any level, presents a challenge of complexity and bias of a very special kind. All historical sources present the difficulties of partiality, limited...
While the public fixates on tabloid phone hacking, the real crisis threatening the survival of newspapers goes unnoticed despite its dire consequences for public affairs, says Tim Luckhurst
An irritating cliche inspired David Bellos to examine the artful skills of the translator. Matthew Reisz reports
LeedsThe Sadler GiftA century ago this year, Sir Michael Sadler (1861-1943) became vice-chancellor of the University of Leeds. He played a crucial role in developing the cultural life of the city and...
TartuffeRoger McGough after MolièreEnglish Touring Theatre, Liverpool Playhouse, and then touring nationallyWhen the theatre director Gemma Bodinetz asked poet Roger McGough to create a new version...
Our Deputy Head of Sociology, Professor L.G. Angst, has reacted angrily to Hefce costings that show that subjects such as sociology will, under the new tuition-fees regime, help to subsidise more...
Helen Hockx-Yu, head of web archiving at the British Library, comments that it is "about time that the measures needed to implement rules for the legal deposit of web publications are put into place...
What an extraordinarily unpleasant letter from David Marsland ("A conspiracy against academic freedom", 1 September).The main objection of the historians to which he refers to David Starkey's...
The BBC should surely be praised rather than blamed for inviting David Starkey to appear on their shows. As well as being its token non-leftist, his credentials as a historian can hardly be doubted....