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GORDON PARSONS recommends an entertaining account of the years between Germany’s defeat in WWI and Hitler’s seizure of power
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Well Versed is edited by Jody Porter
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ANDY HEDGECOCK is charmed by a skilful adaptation of Tove Jansson’s lyrical portrait of three generations of a family, overcoming grief
ALEX HALL treads warily through a messy, dialectical struggle fought in the mundane machinery of driving licences, criminal law, and birth registries
MICHAL BONCZA, FIONA O’CONNOR, JAMES WALSH and ANGUS REID review Atlas of Disappearance, Love Me Tender, Bouchra, and This Tempting Madness
Flitting between myth and the modern world, Medusa is determined to steer clear of human affairs. When her resolve crumbles, the result is petrifying in every sense
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Tim Wells
I’d not thought of him for years.
Not one of the clever kids, yet
no idiot, and too nice a lad
to be a bully – but good enough
at football they all wanted to know him.
Never dressed too smart:
worn jumper and plimsolls.
On the football pitch he became himself.
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