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| The new plague |
| The world is becoming intolerant of intellectual heresy |
| Last week, a new play, Plague over England, opened to critical acclaim in a non-West End theatre of London. The plot is centred on an incident in 1953, when the actor, Sir John Gielgud, was charged and pleaded guilty to “importuning for immora... |
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| Hot potato |
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Sir — When farmers demand cold-storage space, they get kicks and baton blows (“Potato riot for stor ... |
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| House of cards |
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Sir — Its really shocking to see how irresponsible our members of parliament are. Disruptions, pand ... |
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| No love lost |
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Sir — Tennis has always presented a picture of unity compared to other sports in India. But after t ... |
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| HURDLE RACE |
| The race for the presidency of the United States of America, it could be said following Alice, gets curiouser and curiouser. ...|
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| IN KEEPING |
| In the contemporary world, it is impossible to stop the movement of artefacts and antiquities beyond the borders of the natio...|
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Life itself, every moment of it, every drop of it, here, this instant, now, in the sun, in Regent’s Park, was enough. Too much, indeed.
— VIRGINIA WOOLF
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| Thin air |
| Imre Kertész’s latest novel, as its narrator Antonio Martens puts it, tell... |
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