Training
11.07.2008
Paperbacks: Queuing For Beginners, by Joe Moran
The jokey title hides an intriguing investigation of everyday life. The insights of Moran, a lecturer in cultural history, range from mobile phones ("they have subtly altered the already fragile social dynamic of the train carriage") to the appeal of smoking: "an international wordless language". Exploring...11.07.2008
Nudge, nudge... Pat Kane's big ideas for busy readers
Across the squeaky-floored corridors of British politics and power, huddled groups of advisers are muttering one question to themselves. A question that, if correctly answered, will generate a raft of policies that might win or lose a government: "What would Homer do?" This isn\'t some bunch of Classics-trained...Children of Freedom, by Marc Lévy, trans Sue Dyson views: 1710
Confessions Of An Eco-sinner, by Fred Pearce views: 1488
Leading Article: Degree concern views: 1432