First Impressions
This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a diary by someone who liked to refer to herself by her surname: "We left England on the 13 September...
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From laundry to Frankenstein's lab
Panorama
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Teen angst, trivia and driving tests
Kurt Cobain
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Zeitgeist maestro
Selling Britten
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Puritans' zeal fertilises the mind
Articles of Faith
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Fantastic Metamorphoses, Other Worlds
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Laurie Taylor Column
Italian students tend to drop out of university because ofthe sadism of their professors - Report by dean of psychiatry, University of Sassari, Sardinia, THES, March 14 You know what this is all...
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Why I fear debt will make women rethink plans to study at university
Debt levels are already bad enough for women. Despite equal opportunities legislation, women still earn on average less than men, and there is no sign that this is changing, hence it takes longer for...
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Leaders: England's plans test the strength of devolution
Nowhere has the impact of devolution been more obvious than in education - and higher education in particular. Upfront tuition fees have been abolished, school league tables abandoned and initiatives...
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Leader: Tories tough on talk but weak on consistency
Tory leaders have faced much criticism from their own supporters for their low profile on higher education, particlarly when ministers were on the defensive over top-up fees. But there was a logic to...
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The 'grey-goo' gang takes on humanity's little helpers
Stephen Phillips asks if scare stories will stifle nanotechnology at birth. If there is a road map for solving today's most pressing material and medical ills, chances are it will run straight...
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'This will be like no other debate'
Derek Burke, who fought anti-GM groups, counsels science to fight nanotechnology. Scientists must organise, speak up and use pressure-group tactics to fight the opponents of nanotechnology. A few...
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Poisonous pens write media out of picture
Journalists and their trade, in print, on air and online, are under fire - and much of the criticism is deserved. Those who care about a quality press must join the global debate, says Ian Hargreaves...
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A glamorous and seductive style that was exquisitely in tune with the 'moderne' world
Art deco infused fantasy and vitality into everything from music, fashion and product design to decorative arts, Hollywood films and city skylines across the globe. Ghislaine Wood reports. Art deco...
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'I was a lesson: don't speak out'
Egypt's top court has freed an intellectual after three years' imprisonment under anti-terrorist laws. But Saad Ibrahim's real crime, he tells Phil Baty, was to criticise the government. It...