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www.guardian.co.ukThe Spirit of the Game: How Sport Made the Modern World by Mihir Bose – reviewpublished about 20 hours ago
An ambitious history of modern sport is thoroughly entertaining but fails to go the distanceA royal anniversary is, in any normal year, one of the biggest ... more
Angelmaker by Nick Harkaway – reviewpublished about 20 hours ago
Nick Harkaway's second novel is a riotous fantasy involving automaton monks, East End villains and a plot to end the world. The real miracle is ... more
Angelmaker by Nick Harkaway – reviewpublished about 20 hours ago
Nick Harkaway's second novel is a riotous fantasy involving automaton monks, East End villains and a plot to end the world. The real miracle is ... more
Reprobates: The Cavaliers of the English Civil War by John Stubbs – reviewpublished about 20 hours ago
John Stubbs's study of the English civil war has enough colourful characters to inspire a new series of BlackadderIf Ben Elton ever writes another series ... more
Robespierre: A Revolutionary Life by Peter McPhee – reviewpublished about 20 hours ago
Attention to the details of Robespierre's early life make this a worthwhile studyThe problem for Robespierre's biographer was best stated by the 19th-century historian John ... more
Hugo: bringing the book to the screen – in picturespublished about 20 hours ago
A magical illustrated story by Brian Selznick, The Invention of Hugo Cabret, inspired Martin Scorsese's first family film. Here are images from bothEd Vulliamy
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