You are what you eat
Food can define a national identity. Shannon Peckham offers a taste of some of the historical ingredients that shaped our character The destiny of nations," wrote the philosopher of gastronomy...
Food can define a national identity. Shannon Peckham offers a taste of some of the historical ingredients that shaped our character The destiny of nations," wrote the philosopher of gastronomy...
Anyone who needs to communicate with India from abroad knows there has been a revolution in the past few years. Not long ago, it was difficult even to transmit a fax to India, let alone receive an...
Mastering the Infinite Game - Sun Tzu and the Art of Business
John Paul II's papacy appears to be drawing to a close. Will he be succeeded by another conservative or a liberal or a non-European now that his church is increasingly that of the poor and the Third...
The international ban on the trade in endangered wildlife is more damaging to the survival of species than poaching, according to Keith Madders, a member of the Zimbabwe Trust and Africa Resource...
Secretary-general Chief Emeka Anyaoku outlines the crucial role of higher education in expanding the association, promoting its fundamental democratic values and broadening its vision Since the...
Strategic Coercion - Why Wars Happen
NEW YORK financial markets have been open for just ten minutes, but already heads are bent over monitors where colour-coded financial information from Reuters and Dow Jones is continuously updated at...
GERMAN fachhochschulen want the right to market themselves internationally as "universities" because, they claim, people outside Germany do not understand that they are fully-fledged higher education...
At midnight on June 30, 155 years of British rule in Hong Kong cease. The handover to China raises complex questions for the colony's institutions, economy and citizens, with Hong Kong's thriving...
COMMONWEALTH THE FOUR-DAY Commonwealth heads of government meeting nestles within a dazzling array of celebratory events at Edinburgh University that began in June with a lecture from Commonwealth...
IT HAS often been said that Britain and India share a special, love-hate relationship. Recent events have shown that it is still very much alive and kicking, and have reminded both countries of how...
D. H. Lawrence - D. H. Lawrence
In London last week cable television entrepreneur Glenn R. Jones, whose interests include the Denver-based Mind Extension University, spoke about his latest venture which combines the massive...
Tony Durham reports from Singapore on the global scramble to develop and control forms of distance learning. No knowledge, no future: from shanty town to corporate headquarters this is understood....