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Thatcher: a lesson in history

Charles Moore was appointed Lady Thatcher's official biographer in 1997, on condition that the book did not appear in her lifetime...

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Marguerite Poland

New feather in Poland’s cap

Marguerite Poland is an author who’s known not only for her children’s books and adult fiction, but also her non-fiction.

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Review: Taken Captive by Birds

If I had to label this book in two words I’d file it under “absolutely magical”.

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Thatcher: a lesson in history

Charles Moore was appointed Lady Thatcher's official biographer in 1997, on condition that the book did not appear in her lifetime...

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Thatcher: a lesson in history
May 16 2013 at 11:35

Charles Moore was appointed Lady Thatcher's official biographer in 1997, on condition that the book did not appear in her lifetime...

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Review: Taken Captive by Birds
May 16 2013 at 10:13

If I had to label this book in two words I’d file it under “absolutely magical”.

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New feather in Poland’s cap
May 16 2013 at 10:19

Marguerite Poland is an author who’s known not only for her children’s books and adult fiction, but also her non-fiction.

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Dan Brown's ‘Inferno’ in hot demand
May 13 2013 at 20:18

"Da Vinci Code" author Dan Brown's latest title"Inferno" looks set to become the biggest-selling book of the year.

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Sex has been good to Sasha Grey
May 6 2013 at 12:07

When EL James's erotic trilogy breathed new life into an old art form, a former porn star wrote her own book.

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‘I don’t believe in happy endings’
May 2 2013 at 15:16

She is the biggest thing in young adult fiction right now. So why does she feel so conflicted, asks James Kidd.

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Book review: Bushveld, Desert and Dogs
April 25 2013 at 09:42

This is Bakkes’ first English book which has been translated from Afrikaans. It is a compilation of his life experiences taken from various titles...

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Review: Guide to Grasses of Southern Africa
April 25 2013 at 09:37

Most people will not know how important grasses are to our existence. If it wasn’t for grasses, most of us would not be around at all...

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Book review: The Song of Achilles
April 25 2013 at 09:30

I’ll admit I’m a huge Mary Renault fan, so when Madeline Miller’s The Song of Achilles came up on my reading pile, I recalled The Persian Boy and devoured it.

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Romantic poet who battled his demons
April 22 2013 at 10:15

South African poet and journalist Mark Swift died in Cape Town last month. Tony Jackman remembers him.

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