february 2019 Issue 472 £4.25

The Many Faces of Nicholas Hilliard Helen Hackett

ptolemy on tour David Abulafia bobos & gilets jaunes Andrew Hussey britain’s grand old marxist John Gray bad sex in paris Agnès Poirier

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teffi’s tale • secrets of the subterranean • fat findings all the gold in mali • silver rush • auberon waugh’s two cents