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December round-up Although he’s been writing and performing for many years, Donald WG Lindsay might come across as a bold new Scottish talent on Two Boats Under the Moon, his excellent two-disc debut

This week the AP Editor Nigel Atherton recalls an issue from this month in 1999, and one from 1978

Round Five Celebrating Colour

Famed photographer Annie Leibovitz discusses the updated edition of her iconic portrait collection with Newsweek

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