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The most reticent and troubled member of the so-called New York School of Poets, James Schuyler (1923–91) gave his first ...

New Tariff in Town - The Economic Consequences of Mr Trump: What the Trade War Means for the World by Philip Coggan ...

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Few, I suspect, will instantly recall that 2025 marks four hundred years since the death of James VI and I. He had the ...

In Those Who Are About to Die, Harry Sidebottom recounts a story told by St Augustine of a pupil who detested the games but ...

Carthage must be destroyed’ – the most famous thing ever said about Rome’s ancient rival. The words were uttered by the Roman ...