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Issue: October 2009

Neo Rauch
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Warmed Over
Environmentalists have hijacked a brilliant book and manipulated it for their own cause
Frances Weaver

The Later Yeats
A new poem by Clive James
Clive James

New Poems
Three new poems by Peter Porter
Peter Porter

Bloodstained Chancer
Trotsky: A Biography by Robert Service
George Walden

Entrenched Enemies
The American Civil War: A Military History by John Keegan
Paul Johnson

Poetic Justice
Opal Sunset: Selected Poems 1958-2008 and The Revolt of the Pendulum: Essays 2005-2008 by Clive James
John Gross

The Joke is On the Viewers
Ant and Dec rigged their game shows, but the fans have left them off the hook
Nick Cohen

Gauche Ghosts
May '68 was supposed to be the start of something new in France. But why did it all go so wrong?
Peter Whittle

Train Crash and Mother’s Ruin
Seventy years after the start of the Second World War, two pre-war plays still resonate
Minette Marrin

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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