The Castrato and His Wife
The Castrato and His Wife opens with a brief sketch of a documented evening at the London residence of the Spanish ambassador, with the famed Farinelli (Carlo Broschi) the prime attraction, and then...
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December 1941
It was the year that marked the turning point of the Second World War and shaped the post-war world. 1941 began with Germany victorious in Western Europe and challenged only by a Britain that was...
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New Galleries of Ancient Egypt and Nubia
Christina Riggs takes a clockwise tour around an exhibition that draws on fresh ways of thinking about Nile Valley civilisation
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Diary
SouthamptonTerry Smith: ParallaxProlific, committed and quietly subversive, Terry Smith is a major British artist who consistently works under the radar of the mainstream. He claims to have "no...
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The Pick - Gesamtkunstwerk: New Art from Germany
Gesamtkunstwerk: New Art from GermanySaatchi Gallery, London, until 30 April 2012Dirk Bell's Abgrund (Abyss) is an oil portrait of a naked woman seen from behind, her body pink against a white...
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'Professors are born' - shock claim
According to one of our leading academics, Professor Gordon Lapping of the Department of Media and Cultural Studies, the recent report on the professoriate by the Leadership Foundation for Higher...
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Say it ain't so, Joe: US sector's pact with the drop-kick devil
Penn State scandal shows sport's stranglehold on American academy. Jon Marcus reports
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The week in higher education
• Academics and students were united in their outrage at the treatment of protesters doused with pepper spray at the University of California, Davis. The incident on 18 November led to the suspension...
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Leader: Young, gifted and slapped
Why is it that when young people express frustration at the bleak future they see ahead, we respond with another kick in the shins?
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From where I sit - India's star may be slow to ascend
India has long been the "sleeping giant" of Asia. Research in the university sector, stagnant for at least two decades, is now accelerating but it will be a long haul to restore the country as an...
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Appointments
University of Texas at AustinSally Dodson-RobinsonA scholar from the University of Texas at Austin plans to use a Faculty Early Career Development award from the National Science Foundation to answer...
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Write-offs? We'll show you something to make you change your mind
Think you can tell which students are destined to be heroes or zeroes? Think again: as Geoffrey K. Pullum shows, his career and that of an old school chum demonstrate that potential can be difficult...
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Ready, got set, go
From mindless diversions to gripping, critically acclaimed dramas, what is it about box sets of television series that appeals to academics, asks Roger Luckhurst. Obviously, first-hand investigation...
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What have they ever done for us?
That sentiment may be shared by many in the communities in which universities are located. But if the institutions disappeared, how much of a loss would it be to those cities? David Matthews weighs...
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On professors' lack of leadership and logic (1 of 3)
It was with interest we read Jack Grove's article reflecting on Linda Evans' research on professorial leadership ("'Prima donna' professors lambasted for failure to mentor", 17 November). The results...