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Why We Should All Be Reading English Novelist Kay Dick

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Lucy Scholes on the Life and Writing of the Underappreciated Author of

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How Antarctic Explorers Kept Themselves Sane on the Voyage

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Ranulph Fiennes on the Trials of Ernest Shackleton

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On the time Lewis Carroll was accused of being Jack the Ripper.

On the time Lewis Carroll was accused of being Jack the Ripper.

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An official biography of Terry Pratchett is coming this fall.

An official biography of Terry Pratchett is coming this fall.

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On the Pioneering Black Female Lawyer Who Took Racism to Court

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Tomiko Brown-Nagin Looks at Constance Baker Motley’s Remarkable Early Career

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No Sympathy for Horrid Women: On the History of George V and the Demands of the Suffragettes

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Jane Ridley Considers the King's Callous Treatment of Radicalized Activists

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Peter Richardson Considers the Impact of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

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On the Many Miracles of Aretha Franklin

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Sarah Burns on the Fabulous Life of Perkins Harnly

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How Jane Austen Created a Shakespearean World in <em>Pride and Prejudice</em>

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