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For me, like many people of a certain age, world events of the 1980s were accompanied, on television and sometimes on radio, by a sensible Englishwoman with an unidentifiable accent and a flat, clipped and precise delivery. The Tiananmen Square … Continue reading
…the romance of a certain place in a certain time, the attraction of an historic cause or an historic style. The discovery of a person who no one seems to have heard of, but who is so engaging and interesting, … Continue reading
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… is, of course, the title of the Man Booker prize-winning second book in Hilary Mantel’s historical series about Thomas Cromwell. She won the same prize for Wolf Hall, the first in the series, as well as a stash of … Continue reading
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So to a small, but perfectly formed, North East London museum, the William Morris Gallery in Water House, Walthamstow (closest Underground station, Walthamstow Central, Victoria Line, see directions on web-site ). The gallery, re-opened in 2012 after extensive refurbishment is … Continue reading
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Guy Burgess was one of the most famous spies in the history of spying and unusual, in that he got was identified but got away. He has been the subject of much speculative drama and fiction since, most notably Alan … Continue reading
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