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Memoirs of an Essex boy p78

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India’s dark heart The cruelty of caste Arundhati Roy

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Plus Is Boris now unstoppable? PETER KELLNER

Will wages rise at last? JOHN PHILPOTT

Tough luck, Wales JOHN MCTERNAN

Give back the Elgin marbles VICKY PRYCE

The folly of caveman cuisine JACOB MIKANOWSKI

Whose side is Turkey on? DAVID BARCHARD

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