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07 September 2026 08:20

‘looking up dopey from the kitchen tap seeing it there a dream colossus crashed down crosswise’ From ‘Fir, Fallen’, a poem by Frances Leviston. Read here: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

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12 August 2026 21:50

On our Close Readings subscription podcast: Rosemary Hill’s ‘London Revisited’ reaches the 1600s. Vanessa Harding, emerita professor of London history at Birkbeck, joins Hill to explore the invaluable observations of Samuel Pepys and more. Listen to an extract: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/c...

London Review of Books

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17 June 2026 07:02

‘US coach Mauricio Pochettino is said to have lemons in his office because he believes they absorb negative energy. I’m going to need some lemons.’ Natasha Chahal watches the World Cup, from the blog. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/ju...

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11 June 2026 15:08

‘The neoliberalism of the Putin era has encouraged an entrepreneurial mindset, but most people in Russia, as anywhere, think of themselves as being driven by something deeper than acquisitiveness.’ Greg Afinogenov on what Russians want. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Euan Taylor Author

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10 May 2026 05:38

Loving this 5-star review of The Hard Times: Prison Diaries (link in bio). You cannot under-estimate how these kind words can lift an author's spirit.