SAMUEL JOHNSON
March 2015
Conviviality and conversation at a bastion of the Establishment
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January/February 2015
The great endurance of the Bard
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April 2014
An exhibition rightly highlights a much overlooked anniversary but misses some key points about its subject
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The great man of letters was better at holding a debate than his drink
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