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27th March 2009
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Civilisation

Critique

Lords and Ladies of Byzantium

JUDITH HERRIN

Ancient Greek culture, Roman law and Eastern Christianity all contributed to the longevity of the Byzantine Empire 

Art

An Array of Ageless Visages

MICHAEL PRODGER

The faces on show at the National Gallery and the Queen's Gallery are of their times, yet timeless

Film

Brideshead Reductus

PETER WHITTLE

The new movie version of Waugh's classic fails to match either the novel or the TV series

Music

The Subtle Subversive

IAN BOSTRIDGE

Unlike rock's phoney rebelliousness, classical music still has the power to challenge entrenched ideas

Books

How the West was Won

MICHAEL HOWARD

Masters and Commanders by Andrew Roberts

Drama Behind the Scenes

JOHN GROSS

A Strange Eventful History by Michael Holroyd

Heartbreak and Privilege

CAROLINE MOORE

Ettie by Richard Davenport-Hines

There Will Always be Blood

JOHN PRESTON

Indignation by Philip Roth

How Murder has Changed

ANTHONY DANIELS

The Private Patient by P.D. James
Doors Open by Ian Rankin
A Most Wanted Man by John le Carré

Blaming the Parents

ROBERT LOW

The Believers by Zoe Heller

Odysseus Unbound

LOUIS AMIS

The Gate of Air by James Buchan

Television

The Triumph of the Internet

NICK COHEN

With audiences turning to the online world, television is caught in a deadly web

Theatre

Numb and Number

MINETTE MARRIN

Two new plays lack nothing in ambition but ultimately fail to engage

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