We do not have lift- off
Prestigious Nasa space missions, some involving British scientists, are in jeopardy as United States politicians row over their public- spending budget. The extent of the proposed cutbacks, which...
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Brawn needed to partner brains
United Kingdom scientists have drawn up lists of new technologies they predict will be needed to push back the frontiers of knowledge in the next few decades, writes Steve Farrar. In an initiative...
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Coventry students go online
Students arriving at Coventry University this week were taking part in the biggest experiment in electronic learning in higher education when they were offered free access to an interactive web site...
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Nigeria pays $100,000 for chair
An international appeal to establish a chair in Commonwealth studies at London University has opened with a pledge from the new Nigerian government. Nigeria's council of ministers has agreed to...
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The perennial challenge - bring down unemployment and stabilise inflation
Tackling Unemployment
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Chinese whispers
The Chan's Great Continent
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Unmalicious but interesting
Living with the Century
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Nothing to be proud of
The Economic Horror
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Why the City owes a queer fish a debt
The City of London: Volume Three
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Charts of quick change
Restructuring the Malaysian Economy
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Bengal, Burke and Bertie Wooster
Politics and Trade in the Indian Ocean World
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First Impressions
This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, comes from a book that was described by its New Orleans-born author as a "non-fictional" novel: " The village...
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Solutions to problems? A green idea!
The Last Generation