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2nd June 2009
LONDON

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Civilisation

Critique

The Skeleton of History

PAUL JOHNSON

Abandoning narrative form in history writing leads to laziness, the omission of important facts, and a flimsier understanding of cause and effect. Why doesn't the OUP know that?

Art

Back to Nature

MICHAEL PRODGER

Three artists approach landscape in very different ways

Film

Suspending Disbelief

PETER WHITTLE

The film of Dan Brown's best-seller Angels and Demons is pure hokum

Music

The Apostle of Aldeburgh

IAN BOSTRIDGE

Benjamin Britten's festival proves that in music small is beautiful

Books

Religion Resurrected

DAMIAN THOMPSON

Arms and the Man

MICHAEL BURLEIGH

Global Warning

MYRON EBELL

Highway Code

ROBERT LOW

How Bloody was Mary?

PIERS PAUL READ

Fundamental Flaw

MICHAEL GOVE

Cycle of Violence

CHRISTOPHER SILVESTER

Loose Cannon

JONATHAN FOREMAN

Doctor in the House

ANNE CHRISHOLM

Television

The End of Investigation

NICK COHEN

When newspapers go under, the independence of the BBC will follow

Theatre

Facing the Music

MARK RONAN

Ronald Harwood's plays tackle the thorny issue of great artists accused of collaborating with the Nazis

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