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Tuesday 31st March 2009
Good for you Nick
This is a good attack on the cosy fix-ups of literary prizes by my comrade Nick Cohen. What he says about the Left-wing press seems spot on, though I wonder how anyone who was not a fully paid up Atlanticist or Euro-sceptic would fare on some of the right-wing papers?
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About Michael Burleigh
Michael Burleigh is a historian and the author of 10 books. These include The Third Reich: a New History, Earthly Powers, Sacred Causes and Blood & Rage: A Cultural History of Terrorism. He is on the Advisory Board of Standpoint.
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