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Issue: July/August 2011
In the Steps of the Spanish
Book reviews of
Love: A Secret History
by Simon May and
All About Love
by Lisa Appignanesi
Simon Scott Plummer
Books
History
The Catholic Church
Crossroads
Book review of
A Pilgrim in Spain
by Christopher Howse
Barton Swaim
Counterpoints
US Politics
Party Lines
Haven't we been here before? The cliche that won't go away from US political debate
Daisy Waugh
Family
Party Lines
The Temptation of Dr Johnson
Party Lines overhears the latest debate about what not to tell the children
Saintsbury
Literature
Wine
Our Superman in Havana
The great man of letters was better at holding a debate than his drink
Dominic Lawson
Chess
Underrated: Ken Dodd
One could question José Raúl Capablanca's attitude, but not the Cuban conquistador's craft
Robert Low
Underrated
Overrated: Richard Layard
The indefatigable showbusiness veteran manages to deliver happiness without a PhD or a government diktat
Michael Mosbacher
Overrated
UK Politics
Interpenetration
The utopian Labour peer's new science of happiness is doing wonders for its inventor
Daniel Johnson
Counterpoints
Politics
The Genius of Geometry
David Brooks is political flavour of the month this side of the Atlantic, so in thrall is Westminster to Barack Obama
Mark Ronan
Cosmos
History
A Triumph for Mr Bean
Reworking a masterpiece can be a tricky business. The National Theatre succeeds with Goldoni but not with Chekhov
Anne McElvoy
Theatre
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Underrated: Abroad
The ravenous longing for the infinite possibilities of “otherwhere”
Stephen Bayley
Underrated
The king of cakes
"Yuletide revels were designed to see you through the dark days — and how dark they seem today"
Carolyn Hart
Food
A tripod in the sky
The view from above
Christian House
Drawing Board
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