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Albert Rolls on Thomas Pynchon

Albert Rolls on Thomas Pynchon

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Imperialism

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Imperialism

Douglas Penick on Zhou Lianggong

Douglas Penick on Zhou Lianggong

Smiling Cavalier

Smiling Cavalier

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Hobbes’s French Rep

Hobbes’s French Rep

8 Chiaroscuro Scenes by Georges de La Tour

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8 Chiaroscuro Scenes by Georges de La Tour

Was the Glorious Revolution illegal?

Was the Glorious Revolution illegal?

‘Of Human Kindness: What Shakespeare Teaches Us About Empathy’ by Paula Marantz Cohen

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‘Of Human Kindness: What Shakespeare Teaches Us About Empathy’ by Paula Marantz Cohen

‘For three centuries Patience Worth had searched for an earthly “crannie” to help her fulfill a burning literary ambition. She’d found it at last in Pearl Curran…’