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ARCHIVES
books of the week April-June 2002
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30 June 2002
Edogawa Rampo
Japanese Tales of Mystery and Imagination
on the day that a glorious World Cup closes in Yokohama, a look at one of the glories of Japanese culture
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28 June 2002
Alan Fletcher
Quadrophenia
mourning the death of John 'The Ox' Entwhistle
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24 June 2002
Keith Murgatroyd
Modern Graphics
as we head toward the World Cup Final, the poster from the last great sporting festival staged in Japan
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20 June 2002
Mark Childress
Tender
to celebrate Elvis scoring a record-breaking 18th #1 hit, thus seeing off the challenge of those whippersnapping Beatles
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15 June 2002
J Marks
Mick Jagger
'Sir' Mick Jagger? Difficult to know who's worse: Jagger for being a grovelling sycophant or Blair for thinking he's a hip young gunslinger
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12 June 2002
Tine Holm
I, A Teenager
England having qualified to meet Denmark in the second round of the World Cup, here's a tribute to Danish culture
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7 June 2002
Jon Burmeister
The Weatherman Guy
terrorism as part of American culture
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31 May 2002
Eric Morecambe
Over The Moon ... Sick As A Parrot
thank god the World Cup's finally here - and to mark the occasion, here's Eric's book on the subject from 1982
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25 May 2002
Michael Fisher
The Captives
Tony Blair came out in support of animal experimentation this week - but what about human experimentation?
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19 May 2002
Simon Garfield
The Wrestling
in memory of Davey Boy Smith, the British Bulldog, whose death was announced today
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8 May 2002
David McDaniel
The Arsenal Out Of Time
Arsenal completing the League/Cup Double by winning at Old Trafford? Who'd have thunk it?
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2 May 2002
Chris Mullin
A Very British Coup
the sixth year of 'New' Labour in power starts and we remember that the Labour Party was radical once upon a time
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27 April 2002
M. Gilliland
The Free
an anarchist novel to celebrate the centuries-old tradition of having a bit of a ruck on Mayday
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24 April 2002
Gillian Freeman
The Leader
Le Pen makes it thru' to the final vote in the French Presidential elections, so here's a novel about modern fascism
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19 April 2002
David Pinner
There'll Always Be An England
a patriotic title in the run-up to St George's Day
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5 April 2002
Hugh Stephenson
Claret and Chips
20 years ago the Falklands Task Force sank the SDP's electoral prospects
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