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ILLUSTRATION BY PAUL COX Going full Celt VOICING ...
One day in 1936, the barrister Clifford Mortimer banged his head on the door frame of a London taxi and was immediately struck blind. He would never be able to see again. Then in his early 50s, he nev
Quiz of the week 1) Which Shakespeare play ...
MADELEINE could not think when she last went to the theatre. Her father didn’t enjoy plays much, and Madeleine tended to go along with what he liked. They were close; the Gilbert family was just the t
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● CERTAIN PHRASES, LIFTED FROM famous writers, ...