A phenomenon in phases
The Indus Civilisation - A Peaceful Realm
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The mask of zero lifted
Dr Riemann's Zeros
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Mining the mosaic of mystic medicine
Shamanism and Tantra in the Himalayas
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The unease of forced meetings
Strangers in the Land - The Indian Mutiny 1857
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Overrun but not entirely overruled
The Fall of France - Verdict on Vichy - Marianne in Chains
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Poppleton merger collapses
A plan to create the UK's first "Dancing University" by merging the University of Poppleton with the town's celebrated Gwen Holland School of Dance fell apart this week after months of negotiation....
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Alan Ryan
While American higher education remains the envy of the world, it is becoming unaffordable for many Americans. How much greener is the grass in the US? This is not a question about medical marijuana...
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Leader: Manchester leads but few are likely to follow
One change that virtually all the experts agreed would flow from the white paper was a spate of mergers. They may still come, but the reconfiguration of higher education is looking more difficult to...
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Leader: Universities must heed their civic responsibilities
Town-gown relations have been a delicate area for generations, originally because the student elite feared for its safety at the hands of resentful locals. But, as the series beginning on page 6...
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West's lessons in decadence fuel the making of a martyr
Roxanne Euben relates how Sayyid Qutb's traumatic time at college contributed to the manifesto that inspires today's Islamic terrorists. Weakened by torture, illness and almost ten years of...
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Not just a degree but despair, damage and death, too
Not everyone is enriched by US higher education. Alston Chase reveals how Theodore Kaczynski's brutal experiences at Harvard helped turn him into the Unabomber. Last spring, an article appeared in...
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'Hot' or not? Welcome to real-time peer review
The conference experience is being turned on its head by electronic technology. Paul Shabajee joins the wireless chat that is unnerving speakers. The keynote speaker was clear. He informed his...
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One ring, one million contexts
Opponents of war in Iraq used The Lord of the Rings to mock George Bush. Martin Barker will use the film to study other cultural takes on fantasy and to test whether Hollywood is colonising the world...
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Maps, manuscripts, canoes and chipmunks breathe life into epic
Seeking inspiration for her latest historical novel, Margaret Elphinstone abandoned the library for Canada's wild waterways. Olga Wojtas hears about her voyage. Mark Greenhow, the narrator of...
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Navigate the circus of fancy with fact
English needs a dose of Gradgrind to release it from the free-for-all of critical 'isms', argues Jonathan Bate. When I started out as a student of English literature in the 1970s, opinion seemed to...