Need context in suffragette row 2
I would agree with and congratulate both June Purvis and Antonia Byatt in their stance of observing history in its context. I would challenge Christopher Bearman's thesis on the part played by the...
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Need context in suffragette row 3
It was ungracious of you to be so sneering at Christopher Bearman when he pointed out that some suffragettes used terrorism as a tactic to achieve their ends. That's what terrorism is: a tactic. Dr...
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Need context in suffragette row 4
I was somewhat surprised by your article and editorial comment on the suffragette row. The tone is that Christopher Bearman is some kind of "amateur" historian and that his views are crude and merely...
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The Israel question 1
The letter signed by a number of University and College Union members commenting on the union's response to the All-Parliamentary report on anti-semitism (Letters, January 19) refers to the academic...
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The Israel question 2
Secretary of the British Committee for the Universities of Palestine, and UCU member As a rank-and-file member with a deep concern for social justice I have been considering the issue of the proposed...
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Stamp out edubabble 1
A sentence from Samuel Beckett's Murphy came to mind on reading David Wilson's welcome article (Opinion, January 26): "Those little phrases that seem so innocuous and, once you let them in, pollute...
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Stamp out edubabble 2
Bill Rammell's article (Opinion, December 22/29) was well timed, coming as it did not long before David Wilson's opinion article. The former anticipates "robust" and "quality", even getting them side...
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Time for UCU debate?
Howard Moss (Letters, January 26) is quite right to urge members to vote in the forthcoming election for the general secretary of University and College Union. Nothing would be worse than a tiny vote...
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Hated the headline
My letter about a headline introducing an inaccurate and misleading report on the 2006 York St John institutional audit was headed "Audit concerns" (Letters, January 19). At risk of being repetitive...
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Masquerade of living dolls
Is there a 'real' woman behind exaggerated performances of femininity enacted by Kylie and Jordan? Hatty Oliver investigates This month, the Victoria and Albert Museum launches Kylie - The Exhibition...
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A dark stain under a shining deed
Britain led the way in abolishing slavery 200 years ago, but also profited vastly from the slave trade. James Walvin challenges historians to delve into this puzzling conundrum Last October, Brown...
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Parallel lives
An academic and his undergraduate son at the same university offer different perspectives on an issue. The father Rain - that was the highlight of the Christmas holiday. Rain - and wind, and a bunch...
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Even the syllables delight
Ulysses isn't simple, but nor is it 'filthy' and 'unreadable'. On the 125th anniversary of Joyce's birth, Derek Attridge says any open-minded reader will revel in its audacity, invention, language...
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Dual inspiration
A new model for collaboration united Oxford's two universities and two local authorities to help the community reclaim public spaces and allow cultural life to blossom. Robert Hutchison reports Broad...
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Today's news
Union publishes guidance to end fixed-term contracts The University and College Union today launched a help kit for academic staff on fixed-term or hourly-paid contracts as part of its campaign to...