august 2019 Issue 478 £4.25

From Slave to Statesman Richard Carwardine

economists on trial Paul Johnson what do we do all day? Helen Pearson auden on 52nd st Jay Parini partition recalled John Keay

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charlemagne in full • enoch obsessed • rushdie’s quixote around the wicket • killer squirrels • computer says snow