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Contents

Vol. 27 No. 24   ·   15 December 2005

Always There

Julian Barnes salutes George Braque

  • Georges Braque: A Life by Alex Danchev
  • Landscape in Provence 1750-1920 Montréal Musée des Beaux Arts
  • Derain: The London Paintings Courtauld Institute

Letters

Jung Chang and Jon Halliday, Andrew Nathan, Valentin Lyubarsky, Simon Cockshutt

Robin Robertson

Liam McIlvanney on Magda Szabó

The Disappointing Trajectory of Amir Peretz

Ilan Pappe: Will Peretz make a difference?

We look at it and see ourselves

Bruce Cumings: Fantasies of Korea

  • Under the Loving Care of the Fatherly Leader: North Korea and the Kim Dynasty by Bradley Martin
  • Rogue Regime: Kim Jong Il and the Looming Threat of North Korea by Jasper Becker  Buy this book

Henry Day on Ibn Battutah’s travels

  • The Hall of a Thousand Columns: Hindustan to Malabar with Ibn Battutah by Tim Mackintosh-Smith

Maurice Keen: Knightly Pursuits

  • A Knight’s Own Book of Chivalry by Geoffroi de Charny, translated by Elspeth Kennedy  Buy this book
  • The Master of Game: The Oldest English Book on Hunting by Edward, Duke of York  Buy this book

Tony Harrison

Rosemary Hill on Angelica Kauffman

Short Cuts

Peter Campbell on the Regent Street lights

Susan Eilenberg: The Detachment of Muriel Spark

Michael Hofmann: Zagajewski’s Charm

  • Selected Poems by Muriel Spark  Buy this book
  • A Defence of Ardour: Essays by Adam Zagajewski

Adam Mars-Jones: Protest Dance Pop

  • Plat du Jour by Matthew Herbert

At Tate Modern

Daniel Soar on Jeff Wall

Don’t pick your nose

Hugh Pennington: Staphylococcus aureus

Tim Flannery: When the British met the Australians

  • Dancing with Strangers: The True History of the Meeting of the British First Fleet and the Aboriginal Australians 1788 by Inga Clendinnen

Jenny Diski: The Je Ne Sais Quoi

Contributors

LRB cover artwork: Moon

Featured articles

Always There
Julian Barnes salutes George Braque

The Disappointing Trajectory of Amir Peretz
Ilan Pappe: Will Peretz make a difference?

We look at it and see ourselves
Bruce Cumings: Fantasies of Korea

Don’t pick your nose
Hugh Pennington: Staphylococcus aureus

Short Cuts
Peter Campbell on the Regent Street lights

At Tate Modern
Daniel Soar on Jeff Wall