Two Poems 
Ian Hamilton
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Ian Hamilton contributed many exact, funny and unsparing pieces on poetry, on novels - and on football - to the LRB. He died on 27 December 2001.
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The Power of Des · Ian Hamilton writes about the screen rights to English Premier League Football
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