World AIDS Day: Africa Still Suffers
We celebrate World AIDS Day.
November 2007
Friday procrastination: link love – pouts, sulks, and shameless promotion
What Rebecca has been reading this week.
This Day In History: King Tut’s Tomb Opened
A look into ancient Egypt.
The Shocking Story of “Tase”
Ben Zimmer looks at the word taze/tase.
Very Short Introductions: International Migration
Khalid Koser answers a few questions on his book International Migration: A Very Short Introduction.
Sex With Mae West
An excerpt from Mae West: An Icon in Black and White.
Monthly Gleanings
Anatoly answers readers’ questions and looks at the origins of bigot.
Calais, Maine
Ben’s Place of the Week is Calais.
On Coleridge, Faust and the Love of Books
A look at Faustus translated by Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
Snake Oil Science: The Use of Placebos in Research
An excerpt from Snake Oil Science.
On the Shoulders of Giants
Bausell takes a tongue-in-cheek look at the battle between alternative medicine and the placebo effect.
Friday Procrastination: Link Love UK Special!
Kirsty’s been left in charge of Friday link love. It’s a UK special!
Thanksgiving Procrastination
We embrace our Thanksgiving induced comas.
Oxford World’s Classics Book Club: Heroes
Do you see any similarities between Beowulf and any particular modern day hero?
Oxford World’s Classics Book Club: The Book V. Movie
Which do you think of changing the endings to literary masterpieces?
Oxford World’s Classics Book Club: Beowulf
Andrew Varhol helps us explore Beowulf.