“The archive presents all of the negatives we hold from twenty-five separate expeditions.”

Heather Lane, librarian at the Scott Polar Research Institute, discusses making photos from historic arctic missions available online (BBC).

“He was a very intuitive character, and although he was not an academic he understood the value of education in general and higher education in particular.”

David Greenaway, vice-chancellor of the University of Nottingham, remembers Lord Dearing, who died recently (Times Higher Education).

“There was just a sense of unease that we did not quite have the rigor that we typically expect for a question like this.”

John Shannon, space shuttle programme manager, discusses why the next mission has been delayed (AP).