Contents
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Neal Ascherson
- The Promised Land by Erich Maria Remarque, translated by Michael Hofmann
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Letters
John Gillingham, Scott Herrick, Keith Bilton, Jonathan Elphick, Jane Symonds, Margaret McCartney, Paul Taylor, Pedro Solares, Matthew Young -
Jenny Turner
Barely under Control -
Dawn Foster
Free Schools -
Hilary Mantel
The School of English -
Barbara Newman
- Why Can the Dead Do Such Great Things? Saints and Worshippers from the Martyrs to the Reformation by Robert Bartlett
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Frederick Seidel
Poem: ‘Down below Riverside Park’ -
Peter Green
- Ancient Persia: A Concise History of the Achaemenid Empire, 550-330 bce by Matt Waters
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Owen Hatherley
- Nye: The Political Life of Aneurin Bevan by Nicklaus Thomas-Symonds
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Thomas Jones
Short Cuts -
Ben Jackson
- Honourable Friends? Parliament and the Fight for Change by Caroline Lucas
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Jeremy Harding
At the RA: Richard Diebenkorn -
Jenny Diski
In Gratitude -
Michael Wood
At the Movies- Force Majeure directed by Ruben Östlund
- Clouds of Sils Maria directed by Olivier Assayas
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Peter Howarth
- Robert Graves: Selected Poems edited by Michael Longley
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David Runciman
Notes on the Election -
Stephen Walsh
- Words without Music: A Memoir by Philip Glass
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Hugo Williams
Poem: ‘After Midnight’ -
Suzy Hansen
Diary: In Istanbul