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Saturday morning is hot and sunny in south London. Eleven o’clock sees us on our way to Brockwell Park, having collected, inventoried and packed up the books the day before. Already the roads are busy and we were headed for … Continue reading
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The Jameel Prize is an international prize for contemporary art and design inspired by Islamic tradition. This year’s eight finalists, working in fields as diverse as architecture, fashion, multi-media installation and painting can be seen, for FREE, now at the … Continue reading
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Brockwell Park I knew of, mainly because I’ve passed it on the way to Dulwich (and as the setting for the crime thriller by Mo Hayder entitled The Treatment (2001, Bantam)) though I’d never walked around it. Yet I only … Continue reading
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Reading about history has never been more popular. Sales of non-fiction history books have risen by 45% over five years (double the industry average and amounting to over 5m copies a year according to Neilsens ). Historical fiction too is … Continue reading
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So to the South Bank yesterday where the three-day Man Booker at 50 Festival was in full swing. Sixty speakers, including most Man Booker winners, were taking part in a series of literary debates, discussions and masterclasses to celebrate fifty … Continue reading
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