Filed in A-Featured & Current Events & Health & Politics & Science & UK & VSI | January 27, 2010
An excerpt from Drugs: A Very Short Introduction by Prof. Les Iversen, the new chairman of the UK’s Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs.
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Filed in A-Editor's Picks & A-Featured & Current Events & Geography & Science & UK & VSI | November 30, 2009
Mark Maslin kicks off the OUPblog Countdown to Copenhagen.
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Filed in A-Featured & Current Events & Health & Science & UK & VSI | September 30, 2009
HIV/AIDS expert Alan Whiteside on the recent HIV vaccine trails in Thailand.
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Filed in A-Featured & Archaeology & History & Prose & Science & Technology & UK & VSI | August 12, 2009
Andrew Robinson, author of Writing and Script: A Very Short Introduction on the internet and language.
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Filed in A-Featured & Literature & Prose & UK & VSI | August 10, 2009
Professor Hermione Lee talks about her new book Biography: A Very Short Introduction.
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Filed in A-Featured & History & Religion & Science & UK & VSI & Western Religion | August 6, 2009
An excerpt from Science and Religion: A Very Short Introduction, which was recently awarded The Dingle Prize.
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Filed in A-Featured & History & Politics & UK & VSI | June 11, 2009
An excerpt from The European Union: A Very Short Introduction.
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Filed in A-Featured & Philosophy & UK & VSI | June 10, 2009
Nigel Warburton talks about his book Free Speech: A Very Short Introduction.
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Filed in A-Featured & Current Events & UK & VSI | April 2, 2009
Some photographs from the Oxford Literary Festival.
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Filed in A-Featured & Current Events & Politics & Technology & UK & VSI | March 26, 2009
Joseph Siracusa on whether nuclear weapons make us safer or not.
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