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NOVEMBER 2009 £3.00

WHEN THE FAT LADY SINGS Tim Blanning celebrates a History of Opera

Robert Irwin on the Crusades Richard Overy on the Eitingons Sarah Bradford on the Borgias

Darwinism & Politics

Britten’s Youth ★ Orwell’s Diaries

Landseer’s Private Drawings

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PROZAC: DOES IT WORK?

Gloriana’s Architecture Diana Athill on a Corner of England

The Joys of Suburbia ★ Sex in Ireland ★ All About Aristocrats

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