CATHERINE STEEL relishes a compelling novel about Augustus’s right hand man, but misses the politics, the cultural shifts, and more detail about his restoration of Rome
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PAUL DONOVAN applauds an intriguing multi-layered depiction, dominated by a stunning impersonation of Marilyn herself
EWAN CAMERON marvels at the impossible ambition, realised with dreamlike finesse of translating Italo Calvino to the stage
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JOE GILL marvels at the history of a highly complex nomadic and hunter/gatherer society without a hierarchical class system
HENRY BELL salutes a fine portrait of a revolutionary who remains a deeply significant and provocative figure
KENNY MacASKILL relishes a history of the politicians and civil servants who laid the foundations of the French Republic
HENRY BELL follows the lineage of revolutions, from the English to the Chinese, and asks where revolutionary politics exists today