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October 2013
How seriously should we take an Old Stoic who wants to reintroduce wild elephants to Britain?
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September 2013
Iran's new president is seen by many as a moderate. In fact he is an unrepentant hardliner
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July/August 2013
The best-selling novelist condescends to his readers and relies on ignorance, but is taken seriously by many
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June 2013
The New York Times columnist, despite her transatlantic celebrity, no longer knows how far to go in her puerile cattiness
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