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Peter Dench considers...

Driven by anger and conviction, Nine Lives sees Paul Goldstein go to extraordinary lengths to capture wildlife at its most powerful and vulnerable, says Peter Dench

Enrique Vila-Matas Montevideo Translated by Sophie Hughes and Annie McDermott 240pp. Yale University Press. £14.99 (US $27). “Words are poor mountaineers and poor miners”, lamented the young Franz Kaf

In 1974, I hitchhiked with my girlfriend Lesley from John o’Groats to Land’s End in 10 days. After 46 years of happy marriage, Lesley died from breast cancer in October 2022. Losing the love of my lif

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