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April 23, 2013

The Roy Davids Collection

The Roy Davids Collection

Roy Davids, head of the Manuscripts and Books department at Sotheby's for many years, built up what must be the most significant privately-owned collection of poets' manuscripts and memorabilia. This collection is
April 23, 2013
If Only

If Only

The Bank of England has for a long time been hanging policy on one economic indicator and hoping for the best
April 23, 2013
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Poetry in Motion

Poetry in Motion

Judi Dench's embattled M in Skyfall at one point reaches not for a Beretta or one of Q's exploding pens but a few lines of Tennyson. Would the words of Carol Ann
April 23, 2013
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Heavenly Bodies

Heavenly Bodies

Murrillo's reputation has fallen in the face of modernist trends. Two new shows have reestablished his genius as a master of the numinous
April 23, 2013
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Wotan's Trolley

Wotan’s Trolley

After a request to exchange a shopping trolley in Germany was lost in translation, I now know the eurozone must fail
April 23, 2013
Warning Notes

Warning Notes

Banned by the Nazis, Jewish composer Arnold Schoenberg is one of a number of greats whose music outlives the political repression it suffered
April 23, 2013
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