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August 2009

Editorial image for "Donizetti Rocks…" — Reports that I have been eaten alive by a Monshta in Berlin have been…

Donizetti Rocks…

Reports that I have been eaten alive by a Monshta in Berlin have been greatly exaggerated. The tale of my little visit to the Brandenburg Gate is ready and written, but I
August 28, 2009
Editorial image for "Marianne Fox Ockinga" — I became fascinated by the changing urban landscape in London from 2001…

Marianne Fox Ockinga

I became fascinated by the changing urban landscape in London from 2001, the beginning of the huge construction upheaval in our neighbourhood, near King's Cross St Pancras. Until then, my subjects had
August 26, 2009
Editorial image for "Korchnoi: the Veterans' Veteran" — It is Korchnoi's fighting spirit that has enabled him to achieve victory…

Korchnoi: the Veterans’ Veteran

It is Korchnoi’s fighting spirit that has enabled him to achieve victory, aged 78, in a young man’s game Grandmaster chess, more than ever, has become a young man’s game. Fifty years ago or
August 26, 2009
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The Young Old Master

Was Turner ancient or modern? He himself was in no doubt about his ability to compete with both
August 26, 2009
Editorial image for "Ripping Yarns" — The Storm of War by Andrew Roberts Do we really need another history of…

Ripping Yarns

The Storm of War by Andrew Roberts Do we really need another history of the Second World War? That’s the question that immediately comes to mind on picking up Andrew Roberts’s weighty
August 25, 2009
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