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I greatly enjoyed your interview with Alice Roberts about her new book Domination, (Books Interview, September), and its argument that the church was essentially Rome rebadged, with its structures and

Norman Lebrecht on Music

It’s the cosy season of sitting down with a good book. Here, authors heading for Raworths Harrogate Literature Festival this month share their writing styles

David Goodhart: It was 30 years ago today (give or take) that Prospect began to play. How does Britain’s political magazine scene look decades later and what is Prospect ’s place in it?

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Shadows Ulrik Skotte The Umbrella Murder The ...