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The future of academic publishing

These are the most uncertain times in living memory for academic publishing. After decades of bumpin...

Books with soundtracks: no, really, this one works…

Books with soundtracks. The idea is so glaringly obvious, and so obviously feeble, that I hesitate t...

Criminalising squatting: Is it worth it?

Squatters haven’t received the most glowing press over the past year. Various cases of displaced pro...

Would you be willing to profit from selling Nazi surgical equipment?

Imagine for a moment that, for whatever reason, you find yourself to be in possession of a case of m...

Black & Desmond have more to smile about

Press barons have done well this week. One celebrated release from jail; another bought the right to inflict yet more reality TV shows on the British public. While disgraced former Daily Telegraph owner and peer Conrad Black enjoyed a taste of freedom after being released from prison on bail in the USA, tabloid and now TV baron Richard Desmond, near left, expanded his media empire by snapping up terrestrial TV channel Five for £103.5m. Kate Youde

France's football team suspended for World Cup bust-up

So va-va-voomless in the land of vuvuzelas, France's football squad was punished for strikes and sulks at the World Cup in South Africa with a mass guillotine. New manager Laurent Blanc, near right, says all 23 players, who were knocked out in the group stage, should be suspended. Oui, oui, Gallic shrug, the ban will apply to a friendly against Norway but is still a blow for a team often seen as a touch big-headed. Richard Osley

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