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Kathryn Hughes
Inventing the sublime
As far as Rev Gilpin was concerned, he would have to rearrange Nature in his sketchbook until she became, in his approving term, “Picturesque”
Kathryn Hughes
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The Children’s Book
by A.S. Byatt
Kathryn Hughes
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Literature
Credit Crunch? Get Lippy
In a recession, one type of cosmetics always comes out on top
Kathryn Hughes
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The Evolution of Darwin
The Young Charles Darwin
by Keith Thomson
Darwin's Sacred Cause: Race, Slavery and the Quest for Human Origins
by Adrian Desmond and James Moore
Why Us? How Science Rediscovered the Mystery of Ourselves
by James Le Fanu
Kathryn Hughes
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Underrated: Abroad
The ravenous longing for the infinite possibilities of “otherwhere”
Stephen Bayley
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The king of cakes
"Yuletide revels were designed to see you through the dark days — and how dark they seem today"
Carolyn Hart
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A tripod in the sky
The view from above
Christian House
Drawing Board