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‘The events of this year, agonizing though they have been, have only confirmed the role of the US as the leader among nations.’
Is Billie Eilish really in shock over James Bond?
‘Shock’, from the French ‘choque’, began as the word for a collision of armies
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Capital entertainment
London’s West End: Creating the Pleasure District, 1800-1914 by Rohan McWilliam reviewed
By Max Décharné
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Escape vehicle
The automobile’s artifice is its art, but it is still an art of artifice
By James Panero
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Middle-age crisis
The Light Ages: The Surprising Story of Medieval Science by Seb Falk reviewed
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The author in full: Tom Wolfe
Wolfe excelled at capturing human foibles and petty vanities; anything deeper than that escaped him
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Roman bloodbaths
The Last Assassin: The Hunt for the Killers of Julius Caesar by Peter Stothard reviewed
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The Disneyfication of the moral universe
Adults have chosen to understand the world through the prism of superheroes, wizards and Jedi knights
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The sorry history of London’s Hoover Building
Several other Thirties buildings from American firms survive in west London
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Days of glory
Ravenna: Capital of Empire, Crucible of Europe by Judith Herrin reviewed
By Ian Thomson
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Their Majesties the Presidents
Gimson’s Presidents: Brief Lives from Washington to Trump by Andrew Gimson reviewed
By Harry Mount
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