Partition ghosts haunt old rivals
India-Pakistan in War and Peace
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Revolutionary Chinese hero inspired by an obscure dentist
The Political Thought of Sun Yat-Sen
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Charter 88 checklist posing as a critique
Democracy Under Blair
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Imperfect world of UN platypusette
Never Learn to Type
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Summit spirit of snow tigers
Everest - Everest - The Ascent of Everest - Everest
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When wild dogs barked at Wall St
The Chastening
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Aim and fire - always a gentle hit
This is Craig Brown
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First Impressions
This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a novel that consists entirely of letters and journals: "My dear Father and Mother, I have great...
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Black comedy, blue helmets and red-faced shame
We Did Nothing
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Laurie Taylor Column
From: The office of the vice-chancellor. Subject: Course closures. I am writing to let you know of some recent decisions taken by the new Course Closures Committee (me and the bursar). As you will...
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Leader: Academics in no doubt over price of mass system
Some apparently mixed messages have emerged from our teaching poll. Almost 60 per cent of academics believe that courses have been "dumbed down" so that ill-prepared students can cope; yet more would...
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Leader: Should we help rebuild Iraq's universities?
As conflict in Iraq recedes into memory, the country's universities are, nominally at least, open to students once more. But in an echo of Sarajevo, Pristina and Kabul, the system is in tatters, its...
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Armed for a multitude of tasks
Employers bemoan graduates’ lack of skills, but Paul Kleiman believes that the performing arts are proving that they can provide students with the variety of 'soft' skills coveted by CEOs “If I want...