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Issue: December 2009

Matthew Carr
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How to be One of the Twitterati

Frances Weaver introduces a new monthly column about the internet

Frances Weaver

Holier than Thou

A History of Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years by Diarmaid MacCulloch and A New History of Early Christianity by Charles Freeman

Eric Ormsby

Worsted by Wikipedia
The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations edited by Elizabeth Knowles and the Oxford Companion to English Literature edited by Dinah Birch
Ferdinand Mount

Troppo Grosso
Harmony and Discord: The Real Life of Johann Sebastian Bach by Julian Shuckburgh
Alexander Waugh

What Daddy Did in the War
Papa Spy by Jimmy Burns
Robert Low

The Age of Roth
The Humbling by Philip Roth
Louis Amis

From Humbert to Hubert
The Original of Laura by Vladimir Nabokov
Richard Godwin

Flimsy Forecasts

We are constantly being warned about crises that will hit us "by 2050". But long-term projections almost always turn out wrong

Nigel Hawkes

Unsound Science
Government plans to allocate scientific research funding according to "economic and social impact" will stifle creativity and prevent basic advances
Mark Ronan

An autumn note
“For many, the end of this uneasy year cannot come quickly enough”
Andreas Campomar

An ordinary killing
Ian Cobain’s book uses the killing of Millar McAllister to paint a meticulous portrait of the Troubles
Chris Mullin

Greater—not wiser
John Mullan elucidates the genius of Charles Dickens
Anthony Quinn
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