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November 2013
A plan to sell four Shakespeare Folios revealed a widespread underappreciation of rare books
November 2013
Perhaps the Booker judges awarded Eleanor Catton’s The Luminaries the prize to ensure that their getting through all 836 exhausting pages of her frustrating novel wasn’t in vain
November 2013
A distrust of politicians and a compassion for working people drove Honoré Daumier's work
November 2013
The establishment hid Cyril Smith’s crimes. Imagine what they will do when the press is state-regulated
November 2013
Benedict Cumberbatch is hard to watch as Julian Assange and a new Juliet brings to mind Shrek’s bride
November 2013
Henry Goodman is outstanding as Arturo Ui, the German playwright's terrifying caricature of Hitler
November 2013
Leonard Bernstein's letters reveal him as obsessed with music, career, politics, and (always) sex
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