Canon lore for musicians
In attempts to define the literary canon, the oldest works usually cited are the Iliad and the Odyssey, both of which are about 3,000 years old. This means that people got on fine without them for...
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A king of hearts?
I am grateful to Max Beloff for his generous review of my book The Monarchy and the Constitution (THES, December 8). But I am surprised that he questions the statement that "Edward VII through his...
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United by a sense of outrage
The severity of the Chancellor's budget for higher education calls for a dramatic - but carefully planned - response. The sense of outrage expressed by speakers at last week's Committee of Vice...
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New model argument
So is Roger Penrose (THES, December 8) an opponent of computer science, pathetically fighting for the superiority of physics over computing? I wonder what has caused this ludicrous bias? It seems to...
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Bishop's move in seat of learning
While I could not agree more with T. C. Simmonds that it is wholly inappropriate for a further education college to confer the title of professor on its staff (THES, November 24), it is important...
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Fair about the bairns
Gavin Fairbairn's article highlighting his anti-abortion stance (THES, December 8) certainly instigated an interesting debate, particularly his comment that "an increasing number of people spend...
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Eastwards gung ho
Wang Gungwu (THES, December 8) confuses two different arguments. One is that Asian countries must develop an intellectual orientation, possibly through changes in the educational system, which...
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Peace and goodwill
So Queen's University and the University of Ulster are in a "race to capitalise on the peace process" (THES, December 1). The question in ten years' time will be what support the Government gave...
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Blair's flair for top hats
I must say that the hat you picture Tony Blair wearing on your front page, (THES December 8) is rather fetching. I wonder if he could make this his trademark, like Harold Wilson's pipe, or, since he...
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The big issues facing Nolan
Michael Shattock says Lord Nolan should examine whether governing bodies can cope with more laws and less cash, while John Hall (right) argues that governors face too much risk of financial liability...
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Don's Diary
Monday. An early meeting with our printers to rearrange the layout for the vice chancellor's annual report. This is due to the impending visit of United States President Bill Clinton to the Queen's...
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Balancing act is hard to follow
Far from a feel good factor, the expenditure cuts announced in the budget have in higher education provoked universal concern and despondency. Those affected - staff and students - are unlikely to be...
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Baroque and roll
What is in the musical canon - and what should be? John Davies asks music academics to nominate their noteworthy top ten. "Is there, or should there be, a canon of great works or great composers that...
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Bombers and bunglers
After 20 years of spectacular failure, Greece is at last starting to get to grips with its terrorism problems. George Kassimeris reports. Twenty years ago this month the history of Greek terrorism...
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Object lesson
For Chinese art scholar Jessica Rawson, now warden of Merton College Oxford, object and text tell different tales. But in order to get the whole story we need both, as she explains to Simon Targett...