From the October 2015 Issue Of Plagues & Players 1606: William Shakespeare and the Year of 'Lear' By James Shapiro LR
From the April 2010 Issue Much Ado About Nothing Contested Will: Who Wrote Shakespeare? By James Shapiro LR
From the October 2008 Issue As You Like Him Soul of the Age: The Life, Mind and World of William Shakespeare By Jonathan Bate LR
From the November 2012 Issue Too Much of a Good Thing? Shakespeare’s Restless World By Neil MacGregor LR
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'Thirkell was a product of her time and her class. For her there are no sacred cows, barring those that win ribbons at the Barchester Agricultural.'
The novelist Angela Thirkell is due a revival, says Patricia T O'Conner (£).
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'Only in Britain, perhaps, could spy chiefs – conventionally viewed as masters of subterfuge – be so highly regarded as ethical guides.'
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In this month's Bookends, @AdamCSDouglas looks at the curious life of Henry Labouchere: a friend of Bram Stoker, 'loose cannon', and architect of the law that outlawed homosexual activity in Britain.
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