november 2020 Issue 491 £4.50

What the Cat Saw Kathryn Hughes

miracle in lisbon Alberto Manguel a misanthrope writes Stephen Romer who rules pakistan? Farzana Shaikh how autism made us Paul Broks mad on everest Dan Richards

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