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October 2015
The genocidal ghouls of Isis are tearing down a precious piece of our civilisation. This is the price we pay for not standing up to barbarism
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October 2015
Five British writers were in Russia in 1917. Each one had his own story, but all were overwhelmed by the powerful tide of history
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October 2015
The newly-published diaries of Ivan Maisky are an extraordinarily important 21st-century contribution to our understanding of the Second World War
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October 2015
The artists and writers who pursued the muse in fin-de-siècle London and Paris
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