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      ObituaryTom Nairn
      Tom Nairn, political theorist, 1932-2023

      He was best known for his writing on the fragmenting of the British union, which he viewed as inevitable

    • Saturday, 14 January, 2023
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      The facsimiles he produced helped thousands of French Jews and other persecuted peoples

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      A leading figure in the free jazz movement, the saxophonist’s explorations pushed the outer limits of harmony and form

    • Friday, 6 May, 2022
      ReviewFiction
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      The novelist continues her quirky, semi-autobiographical story of student life in this amusing sequel to ‘The Idiot’

    • Friday, 18 February, 2022
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    • Friday, 9 April, 2021
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      Philip Roth — a life on his own terms

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      Chilling truths, told by children, in Andrés Barba’s dark novel

      A Latin American city is beset by a band of feral kids in the unsettling A Luminous Republic

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