AUGUST 2005

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WILLIAM JOHNSON: AMERICAN IDOL Raymond Seitz on the Original Action Man

Michael Burleigh on the Righteous King of Romania Carole Angier on the Defeated Citizens of the Reich

Malory in Chains ★★ Blondel in Fine Voice

Hello! Joshua Reynolds

Asia runs out of Tigers ★★ Yeats runs out of Excuses Time runs out for Gentlemen’s Hats

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Afghanistan from your Armchair ★★ Baghdad from the Terraces Indian Spices ★★ British Landscapes

Alberto Manguel: Why Read? ★★ Jonathan Lethem: Why Write? Cressida Connolly: Why do Either?

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