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Discusses the practice of British academics and intellectuals in sporting facial hair or beards. Semiotic distinctions of facial hair; Radical political overtones of beards; Reasons why academics have beards.

Reports on the popularity of Greek tragedy in Great Britain. Basis of the trend; Connection between social history and Greek tragedy; Efforts to accumulate an archive of performances of Greek and Roman drama; Importance of the information about performances of Greek tragedy.

Opinion. Discusses the proposal by Philip James, director of the Rowett Research Institute in Arberdeen, for an independent food agency and a review of food policies in Great Britain. Contents of the proposal; Details on controversy surrounding the report; Comments from Tim Lang, professor of food policy at Thames Valley University.

Focuses on the insight regarding the alternative education for women in Great Britain. Assessment of the environment for equal opportunities; Advice about careers in motherhood; Development of special scholarship for women.

Examines the prevalence of racism within universities and colleges in Great Britain. Factors driving institutional racism; Statistics for ethnic minorities in universities; Conditions facing black academics in the country; Extreme cases of institutional racism that have been publicized; Means by which universities can turn the trend around.

Features British feminist and author Elaine Showalter. Writing of the books `A Literature of Their Own: British Women Novelists From Bronte to Lessing,' `The Female Malady' and `Hystories: Hysterical Epidemics and Medical Culture'; Coining of the term gynocriticism; Description of Showalter's feminism; Showalter's relationship with her Jewish family.