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WHEN Kate had decided, at the age of fifty-five, to reduce her working hours and go part-time at her job, she had imagined filling her extra days off with all kinds of exciting adventures. Instead, sh

AUTHOR Emma Becker REFLECTS ON HER TWO YEARS WORKING IN A BERLIN BROTHEL, WHERE THE WOMEN SET THE RULES, CHOSE THEIR CLIENTS AND STAYED FIRMLY ON TOP

Ellie was looking to her future – until she saw a face from her past

Review of reviews: Books

John P. Murphy New Deal Art 336pp. Thames and Hudson. Paperback, £19.99. Seymour Fogel’s “Wealth of the Nation”, installed in 1942 in a federal building in Washington DC, depicts a group of workers en

COME on, Auntie Jo – your turn!” Seven-year-old Sophie pushed the little cubes of wood across the table towards her aunt. Jo glanced at the clock and sighed. Still another 10 minutes before her niece