First Impressions
This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a ghostly little book: "Marley was dead: to begin with." The winner receives a £25 Blackwell's voucher...
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The lives and loves of Stanley
Stanley Spencer - Stanley Spencer
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Half-century hallmarks
England 1945-2000 - The Verdict of Peace
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Would you care to see my Tube?
We live in an inelegant age. As the authors of The Chap Manifesto state: "At every level, the populace worships an unholy trinity of aspiration, vulgarity and self-regard." What can be done about it...
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More Paul Keating than James Joyce
The Jerilderie Letter
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Latest rewrite of the roots script
Black Athena Writes Back
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Iliad with sex, and a plucked chicken
Audiologue
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Ancient ways to peace of mind
Emotion and Peace of Mind
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Wife of a great romantic, creator of a great monster
Mary Shelley
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The art of the great cover-up
Front Cover
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Searching for clues in the whodunnits of history
The Seventy Great Mysteries of the Ancient World
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Life in the shadow of Spinoza
Radical Enlightenment
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Laurie Taylor
Enjoying your Christmas dinner, Roger? Very nice. Do you know what it is? Erm - turkey? No, it's goose. Yes, goose. No, Roger, it's not turkey or goose, it's red-legged partridge. The butcher got it...
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Letter: Hurdles in the RAE handicap 3
May I be allowed a little carping amid the RAE euphoria ("A high five for British research", THES , December 14)? As an academic journal editor, I have played my part in facilitating the publication...
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Letter: Those for and against 1
I did not protest a decade ago against the system whereby the Association of University Teachers executive seeks to keep control of the election of the general secretary. However, earlier this year I...