In brief
If scientific evidence contradicts the existence of David, Solomon and ancient Israel, it would certainly be difficult to sustain a belief in some very important historical premises of Judaism ("...
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Foolish divide
The article on John Wood (Teaching, THES, February 18) is the perfect illustration of the folly of perpetuating the divide between vocational and academic education. Designers of the new foundation...
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My family and other animals
Controversial philosopher Peter Singer spoke to Kam Patel about ethics, vegetarians and his mother's Alzheimer's disease. There can be few more controversial living thinkers than the philosopher...
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Supertext: The textbook that changed my life
I was at Essex University in the mid-1970s and like many English students felt bewildered and not a little intimidated by French Theory. At that time it had a close connection with Marxism and the...
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History that improves with age
The complete revision of a history book, first published in I959 and widely used as a textbook on both sides of the Atlantic, is bound to be a daunting task. I had made minor changes to The Age of...
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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 Pulitzer prizewinning novel: " To the red country and part of the grey country of Oklahoma the last...
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All Souls can't speak to all souls
The First and the Last - First and Last Things
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Lives bound by parties and gifts
Women of China - Women of the long march
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Limbo that left a fiery muse cold
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
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Women and minority positions
Is Multiculturalism Bad for Women?
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Feminist witness to the century
Simone de Beauvoir
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Pink in the land of blues
Men Like That
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Not gay - just busy having fun
Love in a Different Climate
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Power behind the curtain
Agrippina - Matrona Docta