I never thought I'd say this, but this book won me over as a fan of News of the World. By opening up six decades' worth of representations of women's cross-dressing to be found in the pages of the...
A juicy account of England's links with Holland is missing a few segments, Anthony Milton discovers
Mary Lefkowitz's History Lesson ostensibly concerns itself with academic freedom of speech, relativism and hate speech but serves as a fascinating example of the ways in which race is played out in...
I want to love this book. Really, I do. I have been pacing around my office listening to Marlene Dietrich and Amy Winehouse and wondering what to write that is generous to the project of Geek Chic,...
Chris McManus on our spitting image
The Complete Works of W.H. Auden: Prose, Volume III 1949-1955 edited by Edward Mendelson, professor of English and comparative literature and Lionel Trilling professor in the humanities, Columbia...
(?) = Review forthcomingARTS AND DESIGN- A Shoemaker's Story: Being Chiefly about French Canadian Immigrants, Enterprising Photographers, Rascal Yankees, and Chinese Cobblers in a Nineteenth-Century...
Billion-dollar fundraiser counters the 'myth' that Britain lacks a tradition of giving. John Gill reports
UCU cautioned on debating issue by legal counsel for anti-boycott group. Melanie Newman reports
A leading campaigner against an academic boycott of Israel has been barred from a University and College Union online forum, prompting claims that debate on the issue is being suppressed.David Hirsh...
Mergers, fast-track degrees and new provision aim to 'sustain mission'. Rebecca Attwood reports
A professorship in disaster management and emergency response is one of eight new interdisciplinary chairs being created by the University of Glamorgan. The university is organising an international...
Climate-change scientists have won a silver medal for their debut garden at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show with a design that modelled possible futures for UK gardeners. The University of East Anglia...
A 500-strong collection of historical medical texts, dating to the earliest days of printing and containing works by the founding fathers of medicine and surgery, has been made available to the...
The UK's first masters course in educational assessment for teachers and examiners will be offered at Bath Spa University from this autumn. The universities of Durham, Leeds and Warwick will follow...