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  • SCENES FROM A LIFE

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    From a first visit to the Little Theatre, Bolton, to the role of chief theatre critic on the Times and beyond, few people have seen as many plays as Irving Wardle. In this memoir, he distils what he has learnt...  read more »


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    • May/June 2012
    • memoir
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  • FROM ANNE FRANK TO GANNETS

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    Six Good Books: Maggie Fergusson's choices include golden essays with a northern compass and a Holocaust novel with humour...  read more »


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    • May/June 2012
  • VERY AMERICAN BRITS

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    At the Cinema: Tom Shone details the latest qualities for a superhero—a super-agent, an accent coach and a British passport...  read more »


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    • Cinema
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    • May/June 2012
  • FROM GERE TO GRIMM

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    Julia Roberts is the biggest female star of the last quarter-century. Matthew Sweet picks her eight best roles ...  read more »


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    • Matthew Sweet
    • culture
    • March/April 2012
    • The Visual CV
  • OFFBEAT IN ISRAEL

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    Found in Translation: Simon Willis picks Etgar Keret's "Suddenly, a Knock on the Door", a surreal and subtle collection of stories by Israel's most unusual writer ...   read more »


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    • March/April 2012
  • MAKE ME SMILE

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    In the first in our new series, Mood Music, Laura Barton chooses eight songs to lift you up ...  read more »


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    • Laura Barton
    • culture
    • March/April 2012
    • MUSIC
  • A VOTE FOR FASSBENDER

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    Many people were surprised that he wasn't nominated for an Oscar for "Shame", but Michael Fassbender's time will come. Isabel Lloyd picks his eight best roles ...  read more »


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    • Arts
    • Isabel Lloyd
    • culture
    • January/February 2012
  • SEDUCED BY BERLIN

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    Robert Walser's "Berlin Stories", translated into English for the first time, have humble subjects and fabulous images, writes Simon Willis ...  read more »


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    • Simon Willis
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    • January/February 2012
  • HOW TO WRITE LIKE SHAKESPEARE

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    In the ninth in our series Notes on a Voice, Robert Butler takes on the world's most famous dramatist ...  read more »


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    • January/February 2012
  • THE PLAYLIST: 1972

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    As a gem of a year for music reaches its ruby anniversary, Tim de Lisle digs out some old LPs ...  read more »


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    • January/February 2012
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