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The coffee-cup universe
The Universe Explained
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The fallen mighty
The Lost Prime Minister
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Final Word
This week's Final Word comes from a conspicuous 19th-century American author of Norwegian descent: "The advantage of the accredited locutions lies in their reputability; they are reputable because...
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Speaking Volumes: The Presidential Papers
Peter Stead on Norman Mailer's The Presidential Papers. In 1965 I laid out six shillings for a Corgi paperback that was to determine the chief fascination of my professional life. It was a volume of...
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Promotions
UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM Readerships: Stuart Abell, in electronic and magnetic materials; John Fender, in macroeconomics; Colin Greaves, inorganic chemistry; Michael Grimmitt, religion in education;...
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Honorary degrees
UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS DLitt: Alan Bowness, director of the Tate Gallery (1980-88) and former director of the Henry Moore Foundation; Stuart Hall, professor of sociology at the Open University. DMus:...
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Grants
UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL Research Grants Dr M. Carroll, Pounds 55,419 from the Natural Environment Research Council (experimental study of the role of carbon dioxide in magmatic systems); Dr A. Leyshoon...
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Fellowships
KING'S COLLEGE, LONDON Presentation fellows: Sandor Alexander, chairman of National Westminster Bank; Vivien Duffield, philanthropist and patron of the arts. Fellow: Margaret Brown, head of the...
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Events
MATRIX 3d An international conference, focusing on practice and research in sculpture, linking these to practice-based research degrees is intended for sculptors and those interested in research...
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Chairs
GRESHAM COLLEGE From September 1: Simon Lee, rector of the Liverpool Institute of Higher Education, to the chair of law; Susan Greenfield, fellow of Lincoln College, Oxford, to the chair of physics....
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Appointments
UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD Jane Lewis, professor of social policy at the London School of Economics and Political History since 1991, has been appointed to the readership in the history of medicine, which...
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Natural Environment
No one can doubt the profound and growing importance that scientific understanding of the environment and its resources will have on human activity over the next 20 or 50 years. The six key issues on...
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MPs see red on college finances
The Public Accounts Committee said this week that it was concerned that colleges might be forced to borrow money to meet day-to-day running costs as a result of deficits totalling Pounds 20 million....
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Holy city sparks unholy row
An academic argument has blown up over a new study option at Exeter University to examine the role of Jerusalem in the Arab-Israeli conflict. Exeter's department of politics is to run the option as...