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Issue: March 2010

Oxford Literary Festival — Day One

Online only: Commentary from the opening day of the Oxford Literary Festival

Nichi Hodgson

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Henry Moore
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Angela Merkel
The German Chancellor's stance to Iran's mullahs is refreshingly robust
Brendan Simms

David Miliband
The British Foreign Secretary has failed to take on Iran’s mullahs
Brendan Simms

Party Lines
What to do about Granny? Daisy Waugh eavesdrops
Daisy Waugh

Genius — Or Just Damned Hard Work?

Is chess genius a matter of genes, or of graft?

Dominic Lawson

My iNightmare
‘Why don’t I have a mobile, much less an iPhone or a BlackBerry? While I can afford the economic expense, I cannot afford the emotional expense when it doesn’t work’
Lionel Shriver

Terror Tactics
‘The most successful terrorist organisations are like judo black belts who know how to leverage an opponent’s strength against them’
Michael Burleigh

Underrated: Abroad
The ravenous longing for the infinite possibilities of “otherwhere”
Stephen Bayley

The king of cakes
"Yuletide revels were designed to see you through the dark days — and how dark they seem today"
Carolyn Hart

A tripod in the sky
The view from above
Christian House
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