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Paul Simon
Nagaland shawl with tiger and lion motiv
Book Review / 27 March 2022
27 March 2022
(L to R) Harry Pollitt, Vladimir Lenin and Ernest Bevin
Book Review / 18 February 2022
18 February 2022
Book Review / 10 November 2021
10 November 2021
An absorbing metaphor for contemporary Western societies is recommended by PAUL SIMON
Reykjavik in close-up
Literature / 30 August 2021
30 August 2021
PAUL SIMON falls under the spell of little known authors from an island at the edge of the world
CATHARTIC: Leo Zeilig
FICTION / 2 August 2021
2 August 2021
PAUL SIMON recommends the story of a charismatic malcontent
GLOBAL FIRST: The Great Mosque of Samarra, completed in 851
BOOKS / 9 June 2021
9 June 2021
Illuminating account of the most influential force in the Muslim world from the eighth to the 13th centuries
Features / 30 April 2021
30 April 2021
PAUL SIMON speaks to some of the 40-plus communist candidates about their policies, their campaigning methods and their reception from the public
MEMORY LANE: Hackney Downs and Dalston Lane, East London, 19
BOOKS / 7 April 2021
7 April 2021
Authentic slice of East End working-class life
BRITAIN'S BACKBONE: Wessenden Valley on the Pennine Way
BOOKS / 17 March 2021
17 March 2021
Outstanding travelogue addresses state of nation during tramp along Pennine Way
CATALYST: Richard Haldane’s caricatured as ‘Hegelian pol
BOOKS / 10 February 2021
10 February 2021
Engaging biography of an establishment technocrat
FICTION / 7 February 2021
7 February 2021
Thought-provoking parable of dystopian times to come
FICTION / 4 January 2021
4 January 2021
Ken Fuller concocts a thrilling blend of the personal and political in saga of militant trade unionist