There was a flurry of activity at the Department of Health last month when the Health Secretary, Alan Johnson, announced plans to create a 鈥渨ell note鈥 in place of a 鈥渟ick note鈥. The aim was to get...
鈥 Malcolm Barry, formerly of Goldsmiths College, London and London Metropolitan University, has been confirmed as the new director of the trust. The outgoing Director, Dr Michael Field, becomes a...
This week鈥檚 competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a magical tale of finding a female identity:鈥淭he summer she was fifteen, Melanie discovered she was...
Tom Palaima on a long, bloody clash of cultures
The Gold Leaf Lady and Other Parapsychological Investigations by Stephen Braude, professor of philosophy, University of Maryland, Baltimore County. University of Chicago Press, 拢11.50, ISBN...
Steve Fuller on Deirdre McCloskey's ongoing struggle against economists' fetishisation of data
The Selling Sound is a fascinating and wide-ranging account of the rise of the country music industry. This is not a dry economic discussion of an emerging section of the cultural industries, but a...
It is refreshing when you come across a clear, well-written book about leadership that is not peddling the latest gimmick, buzzword or quick fix. What makes this work really refreshing is the...
1. The Road to Independence? Scotland Since the Sixties by Murray Pittock. Reaktion Books, 拢15.95. ISBN 97818618936592. What Is This Thing Called Knowledge? by Duncan Pritchard. Routledge, 拢14.99....
Tara Brabazon on bold tales of a Web 2.0 revolution to which the poor and excluded need not apply
The trickster is a well-known figure in folklore. Best known are Coyote, Hare and Raven. Paul Radin's classic The Trickster (1956) presents the most famous of these Native American tales. Lewis Hyde...
Peter Fritzsche's book is one that will undoubtedly court controversy. His aim is to show that "more Germans were Nazis" and that Germans were "more National Socialist" than has been previously...
Plans for a 拢200 million campus modernisation programme have been unveiled by Newcastle University. A 14-page brochure, Creating a Campus for the Future, sets out the university's plans to revamp its...
A new masters in popular theatre will be the first of its kind at a UK university. The course will focus on the study of British and Irish theatre from the 1950s to the present day. Liverpool Hope...