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Booking a Place in History

The publisher George Weidenfeld has died at the age of 96. In 2009, he looked back at an eventful life and forward to his vision of the future in a dialogue with

August 25, 2009

Dialogue·History·Israel·Literature·Publishing

Crimes Against Fiction

Crime-writers are encouraged to fill their pages with sadistic misogyny because it sells When a female corpse appeared on the jacket of a crime-writing colleague’s new book, she pointed out to her

August 25, 2009

Counterpoints·Literature·Publishing

Not Tonight, Pauline

Venus of Empire: The Life of Pauline Bonaparte by Flora Fraser

June 25, 2009

Books·France·History·Literature

The Friend who Failed

Rosenfeld's Lives: Fame, Oblivion, and the Furies of Writing by Steven J. Zipperstein

June 25, 2009

Books·Literature

Swallowing the Party Line

The Last Englishman: The Double Life of Arthur Ransome by Roland Chambers

June 25, 2009

Books·Communism·Espionage·Literature·Russia

United States: The Path to Rome via San Francisco

‘In the 1950s, Evelyn Waugh and Graham Greene wrote triumphalist Catholic novels with miracles as part of the story — Brideshead Revisited, The End of the Affair. They were bestsellers. Since Vatican II,

June 24, 2009

Dispatches·Literature·North America·The Catholic Church

Adventures of a Book in Africa

Michela Wrong's exposé of corruption in Kenya was suppressed, then pirated, and finally rescued by an unlikely combination of saviours.

June 24, 2009

Africa·Ethnicity·Features·Literature·Politics

Arms and the Man

The Accidental Guerrilla: Fighting Small Wars in the Midst of a Big One by David Kilcullen; War Since 1990 and War: A Short History by Jeremy Black

May 29, 2009

Books·Defence·History·Iraq·Literature·Military·War on Terror

Cycle of Violence

The Last Crusaders: The Hundred-Year Battle for the Centre of the World by Barnaby Rogerson

May 29, 2009

Books·History·Islam·Literature·Middle East

Doctor in the House

The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters

May 29, 2009

Books·Literature·Mental Illness

Denying Israel’s Deniers

The British and Israeli novelists Howard Jacobson and A.B. Yehoshua discuss the new wave of anti-Jewish rhetoric with Standpoint editor Daniel Johnson

April 4, 2009

Dialogue·Ethnicity·Faith·International·Israel·Judaism·Literature·Media·Middle East·Politics·Social Affairs·War on Terror

India: Tariq Ali’s Plan for Pakistan

Although previously banned, Tariq Ali’s books can now be read anywhere in Pakistan. In the aftermath of the jihadist attacks in Mumbai and on the Sri Lankan cricket team, will the Brit-Pak’s

April 3, 2009

Afghanistan·Dispatches·India·Islam·Literature·Media·Pakistan·War on Terror

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