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PAUL DONOVAN is fascinated by an account of the long history of Catholic Church’s involvement in espionage
ROGER McKENZIE welcomes an important contribution to the history of Africa, telling the story in its own right rather than in relation to Europeans
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Linda Moylan
The Fool
(Talking Elephant Records)
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AWAY from it’s glitz there is a London Linda Moylan knows only too well — she grew up in pre-gentrified East London of London-Irish heritage.
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