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Issues of the 1970s = 4 Years, 205 Issues, 6,094 Articles-
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Issues of 1976 = 52 Issues, 1,551 Articles
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Issues of 1977 = 51 Issues, 1,545 Articles
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Issues of 1978 = 51 Issues, 1,462 Articles
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Issues of 1979 = 51 Issues, 1,536 Articles
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Issues of the 1980s = 10 Years, 390 Issues, 4,869 Articles-
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Issues of 1980 = 50 Issues, 1,490 Articles-
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Issues of Jan.-Mar. 1980 = 13 Issues, 387 Articles-
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January 4, 1980 Issue = 28 Articles- The factions in Afghanistan by Fred Halliday, p. 4
- Indian elections by Christopher Hitchens, p. 4
- The end of Oilgate? by Martin Bailey, p. 5
- Parliament's amateurism by Bruce George and Karl Pieragostini, pp. 6-9
- Public cost of private schools by Rick Rogers, pp. 10-11
- Southampton's demolition by Mick Hamer, pp. 12-13
- Presidential corruption by Claudia Wright, pp. 14-15
- B.L.'s Combine Committee by John Salmon, p. 16
- London Diary by Penelope Mortimer, p. 17
- Letters, pp. 18-19
- First Person by Arthur Marshall, p. 20
- Nasty Turn by Roger Woddis, p. 20
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Fighting Jews by Christopher Hitchens, p. 21 - 5 Reviews- The Revolt by Menachem Begin
- The Rabin Memoirs by Yitzhak Rabin
- From These Men by Shimon Peres
- The Israeli Mind by John Laffin
- The Elusive Peace by William R. Polk
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Yous & Is & Doths & Thees by Blake Morrison, p. 22 - 3 Reviews- Houseboat Days by John Ashbery
- Moortown by Ted Hughes
- Growing Up by Michael Horovitz
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The Sin in Syncopation by Charles Fox, p. 23 - 1 Review- Jazz Away from Home by Chris Goddard
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Climate of Terror by Nigel Bracher, p. 24 - 2 Reviews- The Press in Argentina, 1973-1978 by Andrew Graham-Yooll
- Cultural Policy in Argentina by Edwin R. Harvey
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Bottom of the Night by Peter Levi, p. 25 - 1 Review- Faithful Ruslan by Georgi Vladimov
- Ceremony on the Border by Tom Paulin, p. 26
- Rustic Song by Blake Morrison, p. 26
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Easy Breather by Ronald Hayman, p. 26 - 2 Reviews- An Actor and His Time by John Gielgud
- The Actor's Ways and Means by Michael Redgrave
- Theatre of the Decade by Benedict Nightingale, p. 27
- Arts Worldwide by Nigel Lewis, p. 28
- Television of the Year by Julian Barnes, p. 29
- Music from Czechoslovakia by Mark Todd, p. 30
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Films: Masked Balls by John Coleman, p. 31 - 4 Reviews- Luna (1979 Film) by Bernardo Bertolucci
- Monsieur Rene Magritte (1978 Film) by Adrian Maben
- L'Age d'Or (1930 Film) by Luis Bunuel
- Caravans (1978 Film) by James Fargo
- Rock Music by Mark Kidel, p. 31
- Weekend Competition and Chess, p. 32
- Crossword, pp. 33-36
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January 11, 1980 Issue = 32 Articles- Notes, pp. 39-40
- The Labour Party by Ian Gordon and Paul Whiteley, p. 41
- The minorities who make up the Russian army by Reuben Ainsztein, pp. 42-43
- Delhi notebook by Christopher Hitchens, p. 44
- Britain's air defences by Duncan Campbell, p. 45
- Discrimination against gays at Leeds University by Francis Wheen, p. 45
- Are school meals nutritious? by Hannah Wright, pp. 46-47
- Economic Monitor by David Blackaby, p. 48
- Why girls don't like maths by Anna Coote, p. 49
- The Tories' ugly new Housing Bill by Andrew Arden, p. 50
- Housing in Scotland by Rob Edwards, p. 51
- American Diary by Claudia Wright, p. 52
- Letters, p. 53
- Arthur Marshall;Roger Woddis, p. 54
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Socialism of the Will by Adrian Lyttelton, p. 55 - 5 Reviews- Letters from Prison by Antonio Gramsci
- Antonio Gramsci by Harold Entwistle
- Antonio Gramsci and the Party by Paolo Spriano
- On Gramsci and Other Writings by Palmiro Togliatti and Donald Sassoon
- Gramsci and Marxist Theory by Chantal Mouffe
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As Free as the Police by Duncan Campbell, pp. 56-57 - 6 Reviews- The Queen's Peace by David Ascoli
- After the Riots by Norman Fowler
- Policing the Inner City by Maurice Punch
- Policing Freedom by John Alderson
- Crime and Police in England, 1700-1900 by J.J. Tobias
- Review of Security and the State 1979
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Gouty Masterpiece by Rosemary Ashton, p. 58 - 1 Review- Wilhelm Meister's Years of Apprenticeship by H.M. Waidson and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- Away from home by Vicki Feaver, p. 58
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A Violent-Coloured Ray by Hermione Lee, p. 59 - 1 Review- Pilgrimage, Vol. I by Dorothy M. Richardson
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Flesh as Grass by Penelope Mortimer, p. 60 - 1 Review- The View in Winter by Ronald Blythe
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Burning Snow by Andrew Motion, p. 61 - 2 Reviews- The Echo Gate by Michael Longley
- Collected Poems, 1942-1977 by W.S. Graham
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Haunted Figures by Richard Cork, p. 61 - 1 Review- Symbolism by Robert Goldwater
- December Books, p. 62
- Obituary of Raymond Mortimer, p. 63
- The German Film Industry by Thomas Elsaesser, pp. 63-64
- Theatre by Benedict Nightingale, p. 65
- Television by Julian Barnes, p. 65
- Classical Records by Andrew Clements, p. 66
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Films: Flotsam and Jetsam by John Coleman, p. 67 - 5 Reviews- Hot Stuff (1979 Film) by Dom DeLuise
- Steel (1979 Film) by Steve Carver
- Time After Time (1979 Film) by Nicholas Meyer
- The Amityville Horror (1979 Film) by Stuart Rosenberg
- Night Games (1966 Film) by Mai Zetterling
- Weekend Competition and Chess, p. 68
- Crossword, pp. 69-72
- Cover by Peter Brooks
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January 18, 1980 Issue = 25 Articles- Notes, pp. 74-76
- The puritanical bores of Militant Tendency by Patrick Wintour, pp. 77-79
- The horror of homelessness by Bob Dumbleton, pp. 80-81
- The story of Operation Countryman by Peter Chippindale, pp. 82-84
- More police, more crime? by Roy Carr-Hill and Nicholas Stern, p. 85
- Zimbabwe: whose side are we on? by Christopher Hitchens, p. 86
- Unite or destroy the earth by Rudolf Bahro, pp. 87-88
- Letters, pp. 89-90
- London Diary by Christopher Hitchens, p. 91
- Arthur Marshall;Roger Woddis, p. 92
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Tourism among the Dogs by Edward W. Said, p. 93 - 1 Review- Orwell: The Transformation by Peter Stansky and William Abrahams
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Dissecting a Sparrow by Jonathan Mirsky, pp. 94-95 - 5 Reviews- Mass Movement in a Chinese Village by Isabel Crook and David Crook
- Inside Peking: A Personal Record by Beverley Hooper
- For Mao by Philip Corrigan, Harvie Ramsay, and Derek Sayer
- Broken Images by Simon Leys
- The China Difference by Ross Terrill
- The Ruined Prince by Norman H.C. Smith, p. 96
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The Price of Knowledge by A.S. Byatt, p. 96 - 4 Reviews- Decadence: The Strange Life of an Epithet by Richard Gilman
- The Veil and the Mask by J.G. Merquior
- Legend, Myth, and Magic in the Image of the Artist by Ernst Kris and Otto Kurz
- Words and Things by Ernest Gellner
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Lifted Blinds by J.L. Gili, p. 97 - 1 Review- The Assassination of Federico Garcia Lorca by Ian Gibson
- Arts & Entertainment by Andrew Clements, p. 98
- The War with Them by Helen McNeil, p. 99
- Television by Julian Barnes, p. 100
- Theatre by Benedict Nightingale, p. 100
- Television by Julian Barnes, p. 100
- Art by John Spurling, p. 101
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Films: Loners and Sin by Geoffrey Nowell-Smith, p. 102 - 1 Review- Wise Blood (1979 Film) by John Huston
- Weekend Competition, p. 102
- Chess and Crossword, pp. 103-108
- Cover by Michael Bennett
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January 25, 1980 Issue = 31 Articles- Notes, pp. 110-112
- The real problems of British Steel by Christopher Hird and Patrick Wintour, p. 113
- Ireland strikes against PAYE by Stewart Dalby, pp. 114-115
- Inmos moves south by Stephen Marks, p. 116
- Education, Tanzania by Rick Rogers, p. 117
- The people of the Soviet empire by John Besemeres, pp. 118-119
- Legitimation for Chilean terror by David Stephen, pp. 120-121
- After Tito by Branka Magas, p. 122
- Entering America by Claudia Wright, pp. 123-124
- Mackerel pinching by Judith Cook, p. 125
- London Diary by Bruce Page, p. 126
- Letters, p. 127
- First Person by Arthur Marshall, p. 128
- Nerves, 1980 by Roger Woddis, p. 128
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Reconciliation with Reality by Terry Eagleton, p. 129 - 3 Reviews- George Lukacs: From Romanticism to Bolshevism by Michael Lowy
- The Young Lukacs and the Origins of Western Marxism by Andrew Arato and Paul Breines
- A Dance in the Sun by Dan Jacobson
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A Luta Continua by Roger Riddell, pp. 130-131 - 6 Reviews- Aid In Africa by Guy Arnold
- The Politics of Africa by Timothy M. Shaw and Kenneth A. Heard
- Peasants and Proletarians by Robin Cohen, Peter C.W. Gutkind, and Phyllis Brazier, ...
- The State and Revolution in Eastern Africa by John S. Saul
- Cities of Peasants by Bryan Roberts
- Slums of Hope by Peter Lloyd
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Knight's Background by Ronald Truman, p. 132 - 1 Review- Cervantes: A Biography by William Byron
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Island of King Utopus by David McLellan, p. 133 - 2 Reviews- Utopian Thought in the Western World by Frank Edward Manuel and Fritzie P. Manuel
- Thomas More and His Utopia by Karl Kautsky
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People as Animals by Alan Hollinghurst, p. 134 - 2 Reviews- Hackenfeller's Ape, Flesh by Brigid Brophy
- The Snow Ball by Brigid Brophy
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Education & the Work Ethic by Ken Richardson, p. 135 - 4 Reviews- The Condition of English Schooling by Henry Pluckrose and Peter Wilby
- Education: A Way Ahead by Mary Warnock
- Education of the Future by Stephen Castles and Wiebke Wustenberg
- Philosophers as Educational Reformers by Peter Gordon and John White
- Appointments by John Mole, p. 136
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Long Hegira by Adrianne Blue, p. 137 - 6 Reviews- Ano No by Agustin Gomez-Arcos
- Voices of Children by Edward Candy
- Head in the Clouds by Henri Troyat
- The Rape of Tamar by Dan Jacobson
- The Trap by Dan Jacobson
- A Dance in the Sun by Dan Jacobson
- Arts & Entertainment by Kevin Brownlow, p. 138
- Opera by Peter Conrad, p. 139
- Television by Julian Barnes, p. 139
- Equity by Ronald Hayman, p. 140
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Films: Dancing in the Rain by David Wilson, p. 140 - 4 Reviews- My Brilliant Career (1979 Film) by Gillian Armstrong
- Escape From Alcatraz (1979 Film) by Don Siegel
- The Big Fix (1978 Film) by Jeremy Paul Kagan
- The Swissmakers (1978 Film) by Rolf Lyssy
- Theatre 1 by Benedict Nightingale, p. 141
- Theatre 2 by Paul Allen, p. 142
- Weekend Competition, p. 142
- Chess and Crossword, pp. 143-148
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February 1, 1980 Issue = 35 Articles- Notes, pp. 150-152
- Civil war at the NF by Philip Cohen and Dot Lewis, p. 153
- The Incredible memory of Goronwy Rees by Richard Winkler, p. 154
- What went wrong with Meccano by Christopher Hird, p. 155
- Yesterday's men by Francis Wheen, p. 155
- Squash not creche by Rick Rogers, p. 156
- No DPP prosecutors over Jimmy Kelly's death by Rob Rohrer, p. 156
- The US grain embargo backfires by Claudia Wright, p. 157
- Big Buzby is listening to you by Duncan Campbell, pp. 158-160
- In defence of patriarchy by Sally Alexander and Barbara Taylor, p. 161
- Reforming the state audit system by John Garrett, p. 162
- Farming by Barry Wilson, p. 163
- London Diary by Tariq Ali, p. 164
- Letters, pp. 165-166
- First Person by Arthur Marshall, p. 167
- The Sakharov Connection by Roger Woddis, p. 167
- National Parks by Chris Smith, p. 168
- Cycling in the USA by Alan Evans, pp. 169-170
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'Great Hatred, Little Room' by Margaretta D'Arcy, p. 171 - 5 Reviews- Culture and Anarchy in Ireland, 1890-1939 by Francis S. Lyons
- Land and the National Question in Ireland, 1858-82 by Paul Bew
- The Roman Catholic Hierarchy and the Fall of Parnell, 1888-1891 by Emmet J. Larkin
- Ireland: 1945-1970 by J.J. Lee
- An Illustrated History of the Irish People by Kenneth Neill
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A Sense of Separation by Mark Elvin, p. 172 - 1 Review- An Unfinished History of the World by Hugh Thomas
- Words I; Words II by John Berger, p. 173
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Inspired Melancholy by Peter Burke, p. 174 - 1 Review- The Occult Philosophy in the Elizabethan Age by Frances Yates
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Seizing By The Neck by Nicholas Shrimpton, p. 174 - 4 Reviews- Early in the Summer of 1970 by Abraham B. Yehoshua
- Uncle by Julia Markus
- Wrinkles by Charles Simmons
- Monkey Grip by Helen Garner
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Red Decade? by Anthony Arblaster, p. 175 - 2 Reviews- Culture and Crisis in Britain in the Thirties by Jon Clark, Margot Heinemann, and David Margolies, ...
- Extreme Situations by David Craig and Michael Egan
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Beyond the Vicious Circle by Stuart Holland, p. 176 - 4 Reviews- Farewell to Revolution by S.F. Kissin
- Capitalism and Catastrophe by Stephen Rousseas
- Karl Kautsky and the Socialist Revolution, 1880-1938 by Massimo Salvadori
- Karl Marx by T.B. Bottomore, Maximilien Rubel, and Karl Marx
- The Moisture-Number by Peter Redgrove, p. 177
- Arts & Entertainment by Nigel Lewis, p. 178
- Theatre by Benedict Nightingale, p. 179
- Television by Julian Barnes, p. 180
- Art by John Spurling, p. 181
- Music Hall by Charles Fox, p. 182
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Films: Leaky by John Coleman, p. 183 - 4 Reviews- The Human Factor (1980 Film) by Otto Preminger
- A Different Story (1978 Film) by Paul Aaron
- Sunburn (1979 Film) by Richard C. Sarafian
- From the Cloud to the Resistance (1979 Film) by Daniele Huillet and Jean-Marie Straub
- Weekend Competition, p. 184
- Chess and Crossword, pp. 185-188
- Main cover photo by Chris Davies
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February 8, 1980 Issue = 31 Articles- Notes, pp. 190-191
- The widening attack on women's rights by Anna Coote, p. 192
- Post Office & productivity by Patrick Wintour, p. 193
- Big Brother's many mansions by Duncan Campbell, pp. 194-197
- The attack on local government by Christopher Hird and Francis Wheen, pp. 198-199
- Inner city decay by Jeremy Bugler, pp. 200-201
- Iran's year-old revolution by Dilip Hiro, p. 202
- Hanoi Notebook by Anthony Barnett, pp. 203-204
- London Diary by Bruce Page, p. 205
- Letters, pp. 206-207
- First Person by Arthur Marshall, p. 208
- Blind Ali by Roger Woddis, p. 208
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It Was a Man by David Caute, p. 209 - 1 Review- Smiley's People by John le Carre
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Death Warrant by Tariq Ali, p. 210 - 3 Reviews- Bhutto: Trial and Execution by Victoria Schofield
- Bhutto: A Political Biography by Salmaan Taseer
- Pakistan Under Bhutto, 1971-1977 by Shahid Javed Burki
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Homo Homini Lupus by Roy Porter, p. 211 - 1 Review- Faith, Reason, and the Plague in Seventeenth-Century Tuscany by Carlo M. Cipolla
- Under Judgment by Blake Morrison, p. 212
- Christmas 1979 by John Mole, p. 212
- Manichean Geography by Tom Paulin, p. 213
- Barley by Blake Morrison, p. 213
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A Dishonoured Myth by Andrew Motion, p. 214 - 5 Reviews- Bells in Winter by Czeslaw Milosz
- The Island Normal by Brian Jones
- Metrical Observations by David Wright
- Evidences by W.G. Shepherd#2
- Dragons by Gavin Bantock
- Wooding by Andrew Motion, p. 214
- Latter-Day Troupers by Alan Brownjohn, p. 215
- That Old Levantine Bordello by David Sweetman, pp. 216-217
- Australian Culture by John Willett, p. 218
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Films: Thou Art Sick by John Coleman, p. 219 - 3 Reviews- The Rose (1979 Film) by Mark Rydell
- "10" (1979 Film) by Blake Edwards
- The Seduction of Joe Tynan (1979 Film) by Jerry Schatzberg
- Theatre by Benedict Nightingale, pp. 220-221
- Music by Andrew Clements, p. 222
- Television by Julian Barnes, p. 223
- Weekend Competition, p. 223
- Chess and Crossword, pp. 224-228
- Front cover by Michael Bennett
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February 15, 1980 Issue = 26 Articles- Notes, pp. 230-231
- Should British Leyland merge? by Patrick Wintour, pp. 232-233
- MI5 and security by Duncan Campbell, Bruce Page, and Nick Anning, pp. 234-236
- An army plot to oust Suarez by Julie Flint, p. 237
- Wealth preserved and passed on by Colin Harbury and David Hitchens, pp. 238-239
- Willy Brandt's report on the Third World by Geoff Lamb, p. 240
- Oslo notebook by Fred Halliday, p. 241
- Repression in Latin America by Paul Pickering, p. 242
- Softening up the legal system by John McVicar, p. 243
- Westminister Diary by Christopher Price, p. 244
- Letters, p. 245
- First Person by Arthur Marshall, p. 246
- Our man in Chile by Roger Woddis, p. 246
- Truth is Partisan by Raphael Samuel, pp. 247-249
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Too Late by Jonathan Steffen, p. 250 - 4 Reviews- Thin Ice by Norman Levine
- The Long-Haired Boy by Christopher Matthew
- The Good Morrow by Dawn Lowe-Watson
- Alexandra by Valerie Martin
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Post-War by Alan Hollinghurst, p. 251 - 5 Reviews- And We Were Young by Elliott Baker
- The Followed Man by Thomas Williams
- Puffball by Fay Weldon
- The Silent Areas by Elaine Feinstein
- In Evil Hour by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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Progress of Decadence by Geoffrey Nowell-Smith, p. 252 - 1 Review- A Screen of Time by Monica Stirling
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Broken Heart by Helen McNeil, pp. 253-254 - 2 Reviews- Smile Please by Jean Rhys
- Jean Rhys: A Critical Study by Thomas F. Staley
- Rock Records by Mark Kidel, p. 255
- Art by John Spurling, p. 256
- Television by Julian Barnes, p. 256
- Theatre 1 by Benedict Nightingale, p. 257
- Theatre 2 by Paul Allen, p. 258
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Films: Da Capo by John Coleman, p. 258 - 2 Reviews- Orchestra Rehearsal (1979 Film) by Federico Fellini
- Rising Damp (1980 Film) by Joseph McGrath
- Weekend Competition Chess and Crossword, pp. 259-264
- Front cover by Peter Brooks
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February 22, 1980 Issue = 31 Articles- Notes, pp. 266-268
- De-nationalised espionage by Duncan Campbell, pp. 269-271
- Prior's plans for secondary picketing by Anthony Blair, p. 272
- ACAS wins by Jennie Horne, p. 272
- Supervising the CIA by Godfrey Hodgson, p. 273
- Splitting the PO pension fund by Christopher Hird, pp. 274-275
- Parliament can liberate local radio by Jonathan Coe, p. 276
- Capital taxes should remain by Chris Pond, p. 277
- Mr Haughey's harder line by Mary Holland, p. 278
- The Campaign for Press Freedom by Anna Coote, p. 278
- Stipendiary magistatrates and black youth by George Cunningham, p. 279
- Legalise it by Mike Miller and Richard Weeks, p. 280
- London Diary by Christopher Hitchens, p. 281
- Letters, p. 282
- First Person by Arthur Marshall, p. 283
- Its loveliness increases by Roger Woddis, p. 283
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Empress of Emergency by Christopher Hitchens, p. 284 - 4 Reviews- Indira Gandhi in the Crucible of Leadership by Mary C. Carras
- Reason Wounded by Primila Lewis
- The Scope of Happiness by Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
- Indira Gandhi and Her Power Game by Janardan Thakur
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Peacock & Monkey by William Walsh, p. 285 - 1 Review- Mr. Sampath--The Printer of Malgudi, the Financial Expert, Waiting for the Mahatma by R.K. Narayan
- Suicide; Migrant Words; Address Unknown by John Berger, p. 286
- After the Golden Age by Michael Schmidt, p. 286
- A Ghostly Pavement by Ken Worpole, pp. 287-288
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On a 'Guilt-go-Round' by Blake Morrison, p. 289 - 4 Reviews- Wild Oats by Jacob Epstein
- The Leaves on Grey by Desmond Hogan
- In the Secret State by Robert McCrum
- No, Not I by Dee Phillips
- Arts & Entertainment by Andrew Saint, p. 290
- Television by Julian Barnes, p. 291
- Art by John Spurling, p. 292
- Theatre by Benedict Nightingale, p. 293
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Films: Random Harvest by John Coleman, p. 294 - 3 Reviews- Messidor (1980 Film) by Alain Tanner
- The Custard Boys (1979 Film) by Colin Finbow
- Female Trouble (1974 Film) by John Waters
- Opera by Peter Conrad, p. 294
- Weekend Competition and Chess, p. 295
- Crossword, pp. 296-300
- Front cover by John Minnion
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February 29, 1980 Issue = 30 Articles- Notes, pp. 301-303
- Report from Rhodesia by David Caute, pp. 304-305
- Why the miners voted 'No' by Jim Caldwell, pp. 306-307
- Two spy scandals traumitise the Japanese by Donald Kirk, p. 308
- Plans for a three-tier French Health Service by Jane Jessel, pp. 308-309
- The British Press by Christopher Hird and Bruce Page, pp. 310-313
- Messing around with drug statistics by David Clark, p. 314
- Carter fears iran's hostages by Fred Halliday, p. 314
- The lessons of Grunwick by Amrit Wilson, p. 315
- Thatcher aids the IRA by Ed Maloney, p. 316
- The Common Market slaughters its fatted calf by Barry Wilson, p. 317
- Scotland's repressive Criminal Justice Bill by Richard Kinsey and Derek Sayer, p. 318
- Jerusalem Diary by Ian Black, p. 319
- Letters, p. 320
- First Person by Arthur Marshall, p. 321
- Velvet glove by Roger Woddis, p. 321
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Images and Conspiracies by David Pryce-Jones, pp. 322-323 - 8 Reviews- The Question of Palestine by Edward W. Said
- Zionism, Imperialism and Racism by A.W. Kayyali
- The Palestinians in Israel by Elia Zureik
- The Sociology of the Palestinians by Khalil Nakhleh and Elia Zureik
- The Palestinian Covenant and Its Meaning by Yehoshafat Harkabi
- When Enemies Dare to Talk by Simha Flapan
- Zionism: False Messiah by Nathan Weinstock
- These Are My Brothers by Felicia Langer
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Flight from Death by Nicholas Shrimpton, p. 324 - 4 Reviews- Old Soldiers by Paul Bailey
- Solo Faces by James Salter
- The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
- Devotion by Botho Strauss
- Beyond Autobiography by Jerry White, pp. 325-326
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Nuclear Football by Denys Blakeway, p. 327 - 3 Reviews- The Nuclear Question by Michael Mandelbaum
- Nuclear Nightmares by Nigel Calder
- Beneath the City Streets by Peter Laurie
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QED by Jonathan Hodgkin, p. 328 - 1 Review- Disturbing the Universe by Freeman Dyson
- Radio 1 by Anne Karpf, p. 329
- Radio 2 by Charles Lewsen, p. 330
- Theatre by Benedict Nightingale, p. 331
- The Irish Writer's Inheritance by Neil Jordan, p. 332
- Ballet by Bryan Robertson, p. 333
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Films: Trial & Error by John Coleman, p. 333 - 3 Reviews- The Onion Field (1979 Film) by Harold Becker
- Black Jack (1979 Film) by Ken Loach
- The Song of the Shirt (1979 Film) by Sue Clayton and Jonathan Cutling
- Weekend Competition, p. 334
- Chess and Crossword, pp. 335-340
- Cover by Michael Bennett
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March 7, 1980 Issue = 28 Articles- Notes, pp. 342-343
- Kelly judge blows police cover by Rob Rohrer, p. 344
- La Roche by Anna Coote, p. 345
- Mugabe's triumph in Zimbabwe by David Caute, pp. 346-347
- The links between organised crime and counter-spy by Martin Tomkinson, pp. 348-349
- Inside the Czech security state by Julius Tomin, pp. 350-353
- Manoeuvering around the Labour Party inquiry by Patrick Wintour, p. 354
- Britain's new provincial press by Christopher Hird, p. 355
- Spain's Fascists by Julie Flint, p. 356
- London Diary by Francis Wheen, p. 357
- Letters, p. 358
- First Person by Arthur Marshall, p. 359
- Lullaby by Roger Woddis, p. 359
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Among the Policies of Summer by Tom Paulin, p. 360 - 1 Review- W. H. Auden: The Life of a Poet by Charles Osborne
- Lords of Creation by Barbara Taylor, p. 361
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Drought & Rain by S. Nyamfukudza, p. 362 - 3 Reviews- Two Thousand Seasons by Ayi Kwei Armah
- The Healers by Ayi Kwei Armah
- Novels of Ayi Kwei Armah by Robert Fraser
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Non-Alignment by Quintin Hoare, p. 363 - 1 Review- Tito's Yugoslavia by Duncan Wilson
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Beyond the End of Night by Alistair Davies, pp. 364-365 - 2 Reviews- Fables of Aggression by Fredric Jameson
- Louis-Ferdinand Celine by Merlin Thomas
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Having a Heart by Desmond Hogan, p. 366 - 5 Reviews- On Edge of the Cliff by V.S. Pritchett
- The Tree House Confessions by James McConkey
- Sol by Mario Satz
- Jack Be Nimble by Nigel Williams
- The Lizard's Tail by Marc Brandel
- Amputation of Limbs by Maurice Lindsay, p. 367
- Television by Eric Paice, p. 368
- Opera by Peter Conrad, p. 368
- Theatre 1 by Benedict Nightingale, p. 369
- Theatre 2 by A.S. Byatt, p. 370
- Music by Andrew Clements, p. 371
- Weekend Competition, p. 371
- Chess and Crossword, pp. 372-376
- Cover by Ivan Hartel
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March 14, 1980 Issue = 27 Articles- Forecasts of doom by Christopher Hird and Patrick Wintour, pp. 381-383
- Countryman in trouble with the DPP by Peter Chippindale, p. 384
- Ireland steps back from the nuclear brink by Brian Trench, p. 385
- If there's no proof against you, you must be guilty by Francis Wheen, p. 386
- Constitutional problems ahead for Portugal by Andrew Jaspan, p. 387
- Report from Cambodia by Anthony Barnett, pp. 388-390
- A philosphical weekend in Prague by William Newton-Smith, p. 391
- Merseyside Diary by Rob Rohrer, p. 392
- Letters, p. 393
- First Person by Arthur Marshall, p. 394
- Mine's a laager by Roger Woddis, p. 394
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Capturing Hopeless Dichotomies by Ronald Aronson, p. 395 - 3 Reviews- Sartre's Marxism by Mark Poster
- Sartre: The Arguments of the Philosophers by Peter Caws
- The Work of Sartre, Vol. I by Istvan Meszaros
- A Cherub That Sees Them by John Arden, p. 396
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Despondency & Sadness by Blake Morrison, p. 397 - 2 Reviews- Souvenirs by Roy Fuller
- The Reign of Sparrows by Roy Fuller
- A View from the Stalls by Gavin Kitching, p. 398
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Keepers by A.S. Byatt, p. 399 - 1 Review- Ideals and Idols by E.H. Gombrich
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Quest for Style by Jules Lubbock, p. 400 - 1 Review- The Aesthetics of Architecture by Roger Scruton
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Free Will and Molecular Man by Steven Rose, p. 401 - 4 Reviews- Piaget by Margaret A. Boden
- Ivan Pavlov by Jeffrey Alan Gray
- Intelligence: An Introduction by David W. Pyle
- The Mental as Physical by Edgar Wilson
- The Long Days by David Sweetman, p. 401
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Heroic Integrity by Alan Hollinghurst, pp. 402-403 - 4 Reviews- Sergeant Getulio by Joao Ubaldo Ribeiro
- Life in the West by Brian W. Aldiss
- The Little Disturbances of Man by Grace Paley
- Narrow Rooms by James Purdy
- Hungarian Poets by Peter Sherwood, p. 404
- Theatre 1 by Benedict Nightingale, p. 405
- Theatre 2 by Paul Allen, p. 405
- Art by John Spurling, p. 406
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Films: Law and Disorder by John Coleman, p. 407 - 5 Reviews- ...And Justice For All (1979 Film) by Norman Jewison
- The Electric Horseman (1979 Film) by Sydney Pollack
- The Runner Stumbles (1979 Film) by Stanley Kramer
- Richard Pryor - Live in Concert (1979 Film) by Jeff Margolis
- Drama of the Rich (1974 Film) by Mauro Bolognini
- Weekend Competition, p. 407
- Chess and Crossword, pp. 408-412
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March 21, 1980 Issue = 33 Articles- Notes, p. 415
- The TUC backs positive action for women by Anna Coote, p. 416
- Are the Guildford pub-bombers innocent? by Gavin Esler, p. 417
- Economic Monitor by David Blackaby, p. 418
- The rise of the computerised independent police force by Duncan Campbell, pp. 419-421
- The battle for the mythical middle by Claudia Wright, p. 422
- Restructuring capitalism by Christopher Hird, p. 423
- Trial by professional adjudication by Peter Chippindale, p. 424
- Zimbabwe: aftermath of the elections by David Caute, p. 425
- Company cars---the L2,000 million perk by David Hamer, p. 426
- Exclusive interview with Le Duc Tho by Anthony Barnett, pp. 427-428
- Oxford and Julius Tomin's Patocka University by Christopher Hitchens, p. 429
- Letters, p. 430
- London Diary by Francis Wheen, pp. 431-432
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On the Terrace of Life by John Willett, p. 433 - 1 Review- The Generation of 1914 by Robert Wohl
- Worms of the Earth by Dave Douglass, pp. 434-436
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Born-Again Conformist by Christopher Hitchens, p. 437 - 1 Review- Breaking Ranks by Norman Podhoretz
- 'A black sun streams its fresh medicinal' by Jon Silkin, p. 438
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The Russian Sound by John Bayley, pp. 438-439 - 1 Review- The Life of Aleksandr Blok, Vol. II by Avril Pyman
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Not Saying Everything by Paul Binding, p. 440 - 1 Review- C. Day-Lewis: An English Literary Life by Sean Day-Lewis
- Mon Bon by Alan Hollinghurst, p. 441
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Old Game, New Guise by Helen McNeil, p. 442 - 1 Review- The Culture of Narcissism by Christopher Lasch
- Hay by Charles Tomlinson, p. 442
- From the Imperial by Andrew Motion, p. 443
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Warring Fictions by Sean Wyse Jackson, pp. 444-446 - 5 Reviews- A Gentle Occupation by Dirk Bogarde
- The Missing Years by Walter Laqueur
- The Loser by Peter Ustinov
- The Frontiers of the Sea by Peter Ustinov
- Birthstone by D.M. Thomas
- Teaching Theatre in New York by Michael Kustow, p. 447
- Theatre 1 by Benedict Nightingale, p. 448
- Theatre 2 by Paul Allen, p. 448
- Television by Julian Barnes, p. 449
- Art by John Spurling, p. 450
- Weekend Competition, p. 451
- Chess and Crossword, pp. 452-456
- Cover by Michael Bennett
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March 28, 1980 Issue = 30 Articles- Leader, p. 458
- Notes, pp. 458-460
- The Labour Party's financial headaches by Patrick Wintour, p. 461
- Radioactive gas in Cornish mines by Judith Cook, p. 461
- The thoughts of Strauss by Reuben Ainsztein and Francis Wheen, p. 462
- Czech philosopheres in a police state by Christopher Hitchens, p. 463
- The fraudulent arguments of the nuclear lobby by Duncan Campbell, pp. 464-469
- Cambodia picks up the pieces by Anthony Barnett, pp. 470-471
- Ibrahim Ali's nine-year battle with immigration authories by Amrit Wilson, p. 472
- El Salvador after Romero by Roger Plant, p. 473
- London Diary by Tariq Ali, p. 474
- Letters, p. 475
- First Person by Arthur Marshall, p. 476
- Talking Tough by Roger Woddis, p. 476
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Multiple Greeds by Michael Mewshaw, p. 477 - 1 Review- Doctor Fischer of Geneva, or the Bomb Party by Graham Greene
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Ideology & Praxis by Istvan Meszaros, p. 478 - 3 Reviews- Philosophical Disputes in the Social Sciences by Stuart C. Brown
- Praxis and Method by Richard Kilminster
- The Concept of Ideology by Jorge A. Larrain
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Counter-Culture by Brian Harrison, p. 479 - 1 Review- Association Football and English Society, 1863-1915 by Tony Mason
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Court & Country by Henry Roseveare, p. 480 - 4 Reviews- The City and the Court, 1603-1643 by Robert Ashton
- King Charles II by Antonia Fraser
- The Image of the King by Richard Lawrence Ollard
- Arts and Society in England Under William and Mary by Mary Ede
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Impressing the Crew by John Arden, pp. 481-482 - 4 Reviews- Official Discourse by Frank Burton and Pat Carlen
- Literary Language from Chaucer to Johnson by A.J. Gilbert
- Beyond the Letter by Israel Scheffler
- Current Literary Terms by Arthur Finley Scott
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Bourgeois v Bohemian by Nicholas Shrimpton, p. 483 - 4 Reviews- Schultz by J.P. Donleavy
- Metroland by Julian Barnes
- The Night of the Funny Hats by Elspeth Davie
- Snob's Island by Henrik Tikkanen
- The Gate; The Daylight Owl by Charles Tomlinson, p. 483
- Radio by Charles Lewsen, p. 484
- Theathre by Benedict Nightingale, p. 485
- Television by Julian Barnes, p. 486
- Music by Andrew Clements, p. 486
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Films: Hanky-Panky by John Coleman, p. 487 - 4 Reviews- Get Out Your Handkerchiefs (1978 Film) by Bertrand Blier
- The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976 Film) by John Cassavetes
- Silver Dream Racer (1980 Film) by David Wickes
- When Time Ran Out (1980 Film) by James Goldstone
- Weekend Competition, p. 487
- Chess, p. 488
- Crossword, pp. 489-492
- Cover by Peter Till
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Issues of Apr.-Jun. 1980 = 12 Issues, 377 Articles-
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April 4, 1980 Issue = 32 Articles- Notes, pp. 494-495
- American Jews abandon Carter by Claudia Wright, p. 496
- The crisis at British Rail by Mick Hamer and Patrick Wintour, pp. 497-498
- The Kelly inquest: a field-day for lawyers by Rob Rohrer, p. 499
- Life under the Tories by Michael Meacher, pp. 499-501
- Signs of life in the D-Notice quango by Duncan Campbell, pp. 502-503
- Germ warfare in Afghanistan by Gwynne Roberts, pp. 504-505
- The end of a Post Office cartel by Andrew Lycett, pp. 506-507
- Australia's aborigines fight for survival by H.O. Nazareth, pp. 508-510
- London Diary by Christopher Hitchens, p. 511
- Letters, p. 512
- First Person by Arthur Marshall, p. 513
- Spirit of the Law by Roger Woddis, p. 513
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Hag-ography by Helen McNeil, p. 514 - 3 Reviews- Gyn/Ecology by Mary Daly
- The MsTaken Body by Jeannette Kupfermann
- The Reproduction of Mothering by Nancy Chodorow
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Brain Waves by Peter Wilsher, p. 515 - 5 Reviews- Broca's Brain by Carl Sagan
- The Natural History of the Mind by Gordon Rattray Taylor
- The Brain Book by Peter Russell
- The Divine Banquet of the Brain by MacDonald Critchley
- Mind and Nature by Gregory Bateson
- Life after Death by Alan Hollinghurst, p. 516
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On the Frontier by Andrew Motion, p. 517 - 2 Reviews- The Strange Museum by Tom Paulin
- Survivors by William Peskett
- Paperbacks, p. 518
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The Hidden God by David Caute, p. 519 - 6 Reviews- Jesus by Humphrey Carpenter
- Aquinas by Anthony John Patrick Kenny
- Dante by George Holmes
- Pascal by A.J. Krailsheimer
- Hume by A.J. Ayer
- Marx by Peter Singer
- 2,000,001 by David Attwooll, p. 520
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Magic by John Alwyne, p. 521 - 3 Reviews- Fifth Business by Robertson Davies
- The Manticore by Robertson Davies
- World of Wonders by Robertson Davies
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Mid-Atlantic by Peter Conrad, p. 522 - 1 Review- The State of the Language by Leonard Michaels and Christopher Ricks
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Alive and Fishing by Brian Martin, p. 523 - 3 Reviews- Kingdom Come by Melvyn Bragg
- The Echo Chamber by Gabriel Josipovici
- The Blue Guitar by Nicholas P. Hasluck
- Recent Classical Records by Andrew Clements, p. 524
- Art by John Spurling, p. 525
- Theatre by Benedict Nightingale, p. 526
- Television by Julian Barnes, p. 526
- Ballet by Bryan Robertson, p. 527
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Films: With Ghostly Aid by John Coleman, p. 528 - 2 Reviews- Tom Horn (1980 Film) by William Wiard
- Les Enfants du Paradis (1945 Film) by Marcel Carne
- Weekend Competition, p. 528
- Chess and Crossword, pp. 529-532
- Front cover by Michael Bennett
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April 11, 1980 Issue = 32 Articles- Notes, pp. 534-535
- Welsh civil liberties by Jim Caldwell, p. 536
- Phone tapping: facts behind the official line by Duncan Campbell, p. 537
- Howe to face the music by Jeremy Bray, pp. 538-539
- The brutality of the UDR by Mary Holland, pp. 540-541
- Dioxin contaminates an English village by Judith Cook, p. 542
- The decline of General Zia by Tariq Ali, p. 543
- The disintegration of US democracy by Godfrey Hodgson, pp. 544-545
- The rehabiliation of Liu Shaoqi by Jonathan Mirsky, pp. 546-547
- Sweden bans smacking and spanking by Rick Rogers, p. 548
- Cyprus Diary by Christopher Hitchens, p. 549
- Letters, p. 550
- First Person by Arthur Marshall, p. 551
- Vandals by Roger Woddis, p. 551
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The Beating Down of the Wise by Des Hogan, p. 552 - 1 Review- The Non-Stop Connolly Show by Margaretta D'Arcy and John Arden
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Love and Revolution by Branka Magas, p. 553 - 4 Reviews- Comrade and Lover by Elzbieta Ettinger and Rosa Luxemburg
- Alexandra Kollontai: A Biography by Cathy Porter
- Sylvia Pankhurst: Artist and Crusader by Richard Pankhurst
- An Unhusbanded Life by Andro Linklater
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Glass Bulbs by Michael Kustow, p. 554 - 1 Review- Performance Art by Jeff Nuttall
- Party by Blake Morrison, p. 555
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Tey Love Tee Not by John Arden, p. 555 - 3 Reviews- Threshold of a Nation by Philip Edwards
- Women and Fiction by Patricia Stubbs
- The Genius of Shaw by Michael Holroyd
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Realism and Constraint by David Winter, p. 556 - 2 Reviews- Popular and Polite Art in the Age of Hogarth and Fielding by Ronald Paulson
- The Dark Side of the Landscape by John Barrell
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Flowers! by Rosemary Ashton, p. 557 - 1 Review- Heinrich Heine: A Modern Biography by Jeffrey L. Sammons
- 'Buch der Lieder' by Heinrich Heine, p. 557
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Pleasing Mamma by Judy Cooke, p. 557 - 2 Reviews- Mary Olivier: A Life by May Sinclair
- Life and Death of Harriett Frean by May Sinclair
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Quick Eye by Simon Blow, pp. 558-559 - 4 Reviews- The Sidmouth Letters by Jane Gardam
- Tsotsi by Athol Fugard
- The Apathetic Bookie Joint by Daniel Fuchs
- Endless Love by Scott Spencer
- The Problems of Writing for Television by Philip Schlesinger, p. 560
- South Bank Show on Britten by Julian Barnes, p. 561
- Shakespeare and Jarry by Benedict Nightingale, p. 561
- Victoria Wood by Paul Allen, p. 562
- Manon at the Met by Peter Conrad, p. 563
- Weekend Competition, p. 563
- Chess and Crossword, pp. 564-568
- Front cover by Chris Davies
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April 18, 1980 Issue = 32 Articles- Notes, pp. 570-571
- Who will get APEX? by Tim Gopsill, p. 572
- The police and Jimmy Kelly by Rob Rohrer, p. 573
- Balliol College vs the police state by Anthony Kenny, pp. 574-575
- Cambridge doom-machine by Paul Ormerod, p. 576
- Taiwan's show trial by Donald Kirk, p. 576
- Why an economic blockade of Iran won't work by Dilip Hiro, p. 577
- How the British record industry lost its voice by Bob Woffinden, pp. 578-579
- A Czech rock fan's persecution by Ivan Hartel, p. 580
- More bad news by Greg Philo, James Duffy, and Jenny Buchanan, p. 581
- End of a presidential dynasty in Liberia by Richard Carver, p. 582
- More claims for nuclear accidents by Elaine Davenport, p. 583
- Inside the spike by Francis Wheen, pp. 584-585
- Autonomy for Gaza by Ian Black, p. 586
- London Diary by David Caute, p. 587
- Letters, p. 588
- First Person by Arthur Marshall, p. 589
- Exercise by Roger Woddis, p. 589
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Down with Donald Duck by Morris Fraser, pp. 590-591 - 6 Reviews- The Prism of Sex by Julia A. Sherman and Evelyn T. Beck
- The Lesbian Community by Deborah Goleman Wolf
- The Double Standard by Margrit Eichler
- Racism and Sexism in Children's Books by Judith Stinton
- White Hero, Black Beast by Paul Hoch
- Of Men and Manhood by Leonard Kriegel
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Active & Passive by Elsa Ferri, p. 592 - 1 Review- Right from the Start by Selma Greenberg
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Children of the Lion by David Sweetman, pp. 592-593 - 5 Reviews- Stubborn Hope by Dennis Brutus
- Africa My Beginning by Ingoapele Madingoane
- Emperor Shaka the Great by Mazisi Kunene
- The Blues Is You in Me by Sipho Sepamla
- The Soweto I Love by Sipho Sepamla
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Georgian Consortium by Andrew Saint, p. 594 - 1 Review- Wyatts by John Martin Robinson
- 'A tram runs, and the soft flesh spills itself' by Jon Silkin, p. 594
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L1,800 by June by Hermione Lee, p. 595 - 1 Review- The Diary of Virginia Woolf, Vol. Three: 1925-1930 by Anne Olivier Bell and Virginia Woolf
- Murder on the Way by Stuart Hood, p. 596
- The Arts Worldwide on Czechoslovakia by Nigel Lewis, p. 597
- TV chess and Simon Gray by Julian Barnes, p. 598
- New productions of Chekhov and Shakespeare by Benedict Nightingale, p. 599
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Films: Times Have Changed by John Coleman, p. 599 - 5 Reviews- The Mirror (1975 Film) by Andrei Tarkovsky
- Bad Timing/A Sensual Obsession (1980 Film) by Nicolas Roeg
- Starting Over (1979 Film) by Alan J. Pakula
- Rocky II (1979 Film) by Sylvester Stallone
- Boardwalk (1979 Film) by Stephen Verona
- Weekend Competition, p. 600
- Chess and Crossword, pp. 601-604
- Front cover by Jon Blackmore
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April 25, 1980 Issue = 28 Articles- Notes, pp. 606-607
- The AUEW as employer by Patrick Wintour, p. 608
- Iranian crisis in The United States by Claudia Wright, p. 609
- Moscow bankers support Chile by Don Thomson, pp. 610-611
- Zimbabwe celebrates its anniversary by Judith Todd, pp. 612-613
- Unhorsing some Treasury civil servants by Francis Wheen, pp. 614-616
- Banda's repressive role in Malawi by David Ward, p. 617
- Soviet anti-semitism worsens by Reuben Ainsztein, pp. 618-619
- London Diary by Tariq Ali, p. 620
- Letters, p. 621
- First Person by Arthur Marshall, p. 622
- Phobia by Roger Woddis, p. 622
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American Samizdat by Charles Glass, p. 623 - 2 Reviews- The Political Economy of Human Rights, Vol. I by Noam Chomsky and Edward S. Herman
- The Political Economy of Human Rights, Vol. II by Noam Chomsky and Edward S. Herman
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Decaphiliacs by Nicolas Walter, p. 624 - 3 Reviews- The Seventies by Norman Shrapnel
- The Seventies by Christopher Booker
- The Eighties and Look Back by Tony Hendra, Christopher Cerf, and Peter Elbling, ...
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Myth of Equal Opportunity by John Westergaard, pp. 625-626 - 1 Review- Social Mobility and Class Structure in Modern Japan by John H. Goldthorpe
- The Open Text by Christopher Prendergast, p. 627
- The People Who Do Not Love Me by Laurence Lerner, p. 628
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Desperate Situations by Paul Binding, p. 629 - 2 Reviews- A German Love Story by Rolf Hochhuth
- The Left-Handed Woman by Peter Handke
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Elapsing Lives by Alan Hollinghurst, p. 630 - 4 Reviews- The Beggar Maid by Alice Munro
- The Sweet-Shop Owner by Graham Swift
- The House of the Prophet by Louis Auchincloss
- The Last Peacock by Allan Massie
- The Cry of the Crane by Simon North, pp. 631-639
- Sunlight & Soap by John Spurling, p. 640
- Lost Horizon by Alan Plater, p. 641
- Wrangles as Dowries by Benedict Nightingale, p. 642
- New play in Manchester by Paul Allen, p. 642
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Films: Mixed Doubles by John Coleman, p. 643 - 4 Reviews- The Last Married Couple in America (1980 Film) by Gilbert Cates
- Sweet William (1980 Film) by Claude Whatham
- Grey Gardens (1975 Film) by Albert Maysles, Ellen Hovde, Muffie Meyer, and David Maysles, ...
- 1941~~Nineteen Forty-One (1979 Film) by Steven Spielberg
- Whicker and Eurosongs by Julian Barnes, p. 644
- Weekend Competition, p. 644
- Chess and crossword, pp. 645-648
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May 2, 1980 Issue = 32 Articles- Notes, pp. 651-652
- Jimmy Kelly: the unpublished evidence by Rob Rohrer, p. 653
- Report from Tehran by Christopher Bourne, pp. 654-655
- Iranian fallout in Washington by William Shawcross, pp. 656-657
- End America's one-way alliance by Godfrey Hodgson, p. 658
- Further extension of immigration law by Amrit Wilson, p. 659
- Whitelaw's half-truths: drugs and phone-tapping by David Clark, p. 660
- Gay rights test case goes to appeal by Bob Woffinden, p. 660
- Birmingham makes war on scoungers by Judith Cook, p. 661
- Breaking up our social security system by Sue Ward and Fran Bennett, p. 662
- Slim hopes for legalising Irish divorce by Mary Holland, p. 663
- London Diary by Francis Wheen, p. 664
- Letters, p. 665
- First Person by Arthur Marshall, p. 666
- After Tabas by Roger Woddis, p. 666
- An appreciation of Sartre by David Caute, pp. 667-668
- Kampuchea: a special report by Anthony Barnett, Ben Kiernan, and Chanthou Boua, pp. 669-676
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I Know What I Want by Hermione Lee, p. 677 - 1 Review- The Letters of Henry James, Vol. II: 1875-1883 by Leon Edel and Henry James
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What Would Tolstoi Say? by Helen McNeil, p. 678 - 2 Reviews- The Groves of Academe by Mary McCarthy
- On the Contrary by Mary McCarthy
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Viva Market! by Kerry Schott, p. 679 - 3 Reviews- Free to Choose by Milton Friedman and Rose Friedman
- A Guide to Post-Keynesian Economics by Alfred S. Eichner
- Annals of an Abiding Liberal by John Kenneth Galbraith
- Traveller by Kevin Porter, p. 680
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Playing by Dorothy Wedge, p. 681 - 1 Review- Toys and Playthings in Development and Remediation by John Newson and Elizabeth Newson
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Factory Lads by Jane Steedman, p. 681 - 2 Reviews- The Year of the Child by Bel Mooney
- Child Workers Today by James Challis and David Elliman
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Tribal Views by Jim Crace, p. 682 - 3 Reviews- The Death of Jim Loney by James Welch
- Suttree by Cormac McCarthy
- Another Beginning by Sian James
- Recent jazz records by Charles Fox, p. 683
- Music since 1945 by Andrew Clements, p. 684
- New plays by David Storey and Julian Mitchell by Benedict Nightingale, p. 684
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Films: Rough Magic by John Coleman, p. 685 - 5 Reviews- The Tempest (1979 Film) by Derek Jarman
- Knife in the Head (1978 Film) by Reinhard Hauff
- The Jerk (1979 Film) by Carl Reiner
- 1941~~Nineteen Forty-One (1979 Film) by Steven Spielberg
- Mission Galactica: The Cylon Attack (1978 Film) by Vince Edwards and Christian I. Nyby II
- Cleaver and Bukovsky by Julian Barnes, p. 686
- Weekend Competition, p. 686
- Chess and Crossword, pp. 687-692
- Front cover photo by Anthony Barnett
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May 9, 1980 Issue = 32 Articles- Notes, pp. 694-695
- Scottish civil liberties slip away by Norman Buchan, p. 696
- Battling for the right to learn by Rick Rogers, p. 697
- Privilege and pomposity in Ceylon by Francis Wheen, p. 698
- TUC's foreign activities by Patrick Wintour, pp. 698-699
- How industrialists and Whitehall mandarins tried to 'bounce' the government by Christopher Hird, pp. 700-701
- Vera's tale---a matter of life and death and bureaucracy by Judith Cook, pp. 702-704
- Israel's deadly exports by Tim Coone, p. 705
- The Americanisation of Egypt by Desmond Stewart, p. 706
- Economics, p. 707
- The view from Baghdad by Claudia Wright, p. 708
- London Diary by Christopher Hitchens, p. 709
- Letters to the editor, p. 710
- First Person by Arthur Marshall, p. 711
- Contrariwise by Roger Woddis, p. 711
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Dripping Water and the Rock by Jonathan Mirsky, p. 712 - 3 Reviews- Cold Nights by P.A. Chin
- Fortress Besieged by Ch'ien Chung-Shu
- Literature of the People's Republic of China by Kai-Yu Hsu
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Busy Men by Anthony Arblaster, p. 713 - 1 Review- Life Chances by Ralf Dahrendorf
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Silhouettes by Mark Todd, p. 714 - 4 Reviews- The Boy Who Followed Ripley by Patricia Highsmith
- Innocent Blood by P.D. James
- The Sending by Geoffrey Household
- Castang's City by Nicolas Freeling
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Green Island by Judy Cooke, p. 715 - 4 Reviews- The Colonist by Michael Schmidt
- Summer People by Janice Elliott
- Life Before Man by Margaret Atwood
- A Brother's Tale by Stan Barstow
- Sartre 2: What is Literature? by David Caute, p. 716
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Veils and Veins by Andrew Motion, p. 717 - 3 Reviews- Summer Palaces by Peter Scupham
- The Venetian Vespers by Anthony Hecht
- Sibyls and Others by Ruth Fainlight
- Songs a Thracian Taught Me by Anne Beresford, p. 718
- Visiting Hour by Richard Murphy, p. 719
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Gentleman's Reflections by Simon Blow, pp. 719-720 - 1 Review- Faces in My Time by Anthony Powell
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Films: A Slice of Cake by John Coleman, p. 721 - 2 Reviews- American Gigolo (1980 Film) by Paul Schrader
- Hussy (1980 Film) by Matthew Chapman
- Bread and roses from the TUC by Philip Schlesinger, p. 722
- Broodthaers and Michael Leonard by John Spurling, p. 722
- Pinter's 'Hothouse' by Benedict Nightingale, p. 723
- Whicker, Nixon and Hayley Mills by Julian Barnes, p. 724
- Weekend Competition, p. 724
- Chess and crossword, pp. 725-728
- Cover by Peter Bonnici
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May 16, 1980 Issue = 29 Articles- Leader; notes, pp. 730-731
- Latest stage of Scottish Criminal Justice Bill by Norman Buchan, p. 732
- Sweden's General Strike ends by Francis Castles, p. 733
- Towards a new constitutional settlement for the trade unions by Tony Benn, pp. 734-735
- The Labour Party's women become restless by Eveline Hunter, p. 736
- How common is the closed shop? by Helen Jackson, p. 736
- Quebec goes to the polls by Charlotte Gray, p. 737
- The secret world of the spies who spend what they like by Duncan Campbell, pp. 738-739
- A former spy tells his tale, pp. 740-744
- Why I am going on hunger strike by Julius Tomin, p. 745
- Courtroom Diary by Geoffrey Robertson, p. 746
- Letters to the editor, p. 747
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One Metre, 66 Centimetres by C.S.L. Davies, p. 748 - 1 Review- The Institutions of France Under the Absolute Monarchy, 1598-1789 by Roland E. Mousnier
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Conjugal Rites by Nicholas Shrimpton, p. 749 - 1 Review- How Far Can You Go? by David Lodge
- The Freudians Slip by Pierre Joris, p. 750
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Bending the Bars by Hermione Lee, p. 751 - 1 Review- A Soldier's Embrace by Nadine Gordimer
- Sartre 3: Force of Circumstances by David Caute, p. 752
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The Cooked and the Raw by James Campbell, p. 753 - 4 Reviews- Out of the Way by Colin MacInnes
- City of Spades by Colin MacInnes
- Absolute Beginners by Colin MacInnes
- Mr Love and Justice by Colin MacInnes
- Hesiod Meets Hawk: 1980 by Simon North, p. 754
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The Wretched of the Earth by Stanley Trapido, p. 754 - 1 Review- The Rise and Fall of the South African Peasantry by Colin Bundy
- Bethan and Bethany; Piano Concerto in E Flat Major by Fleur Adcock, p. 755
- The Arts Worldwide by Nigel Lewis, p. 756
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Films: Punk Junk by John Coleman, p. 757 - 2 Reviews- The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle (1979 Film) by Julien Temple
- Saturn 3 (1980 Film) by Stanley Donen
- Opera by Peter Conrad, p. 757
- Pier and ocean by John Spurling, p. 758
- Plays at the Bush and the Young Vic by Benedict Nightingale, p. 759
- Anthony Quinn by Julian Barnes, p. 759
- Weekend Competition, p. 760
- Chess and Crossword, pp. 761-764
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May 30, 1980 Issue = 33 Articles- Notes, pp. 798-799
- Scottish Criminal Justice Bill by Norman Buchan, p. 800
- Haughey with Thatcher by Mary Holland, p. 801
- Julius Tomin by Kathy Wilkes, pp. 802-803
- Scottish Records Office by George Rosie, pp. 804-805
- The Left in doubt by Patrick Wintour, pp. 806-807
- The Siege of Miami by Claudia Wright, pp. 808-809
- Zion Coptic Church by Tim Malyon, pp. 810-811
- Press distribution by Liz Cooper, Dave Berry, and Charles Landry, p. 812
- Junius the Rain King by Special Correspondent, p. 812
- George Wilkinson by Terry Munyard, p. 813
- Economic Monitor, p. 813
- London Diary by Tariq Ali, p. 814
- Letters, p. 815
- First Person by Arthur Marshall, p. 816
- Dust by Roger Woddis, p. 816
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Short Back & Sides by Michael Schmidt, p. 817 - 1 Review- The Oxford Book of Contemporary Verse, 1945-1980 by D.J. Enright
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Theory & Experience (1) by Stuart Hall, p. 818 - 1 Review- The Poverty of Theory, and Other Essays by E.P. Thompson
- Before Birds Sing by John Berger, p. 819
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Sheep-and-Goat Exercises by Rick Rogers, p. 819 - 1 Review- Outcomes of Education by Tyrrell Burgess and Elizabeth Adams
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Promises, Promises by Johne Coleman, p. 820 - 1 Review- Cinema: A Critical Dictionary by Richard Roud
- Love by John Mole, p. 821
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Front Lawn by James Campbell, p. 821 - 1 Review- Problems, and Other Stories by John Updike
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Power without Glory by Francis Wheen, p. 822 - 1 Review- The Prerogative of the Harlot by Hugh Cudlipp
- Ways around Holes by Kevin Porter, p. 822
- Time & the Showman by John Spurling, p. 823
- Knee to the Groin by Sean Hignett, p. 824
- 'The Maid's Tragedy' by Benedict Nightingale, p. 825
- The Mitfords by Julian Barnes, p. 826
- Kaufman's 'Wanderers' by John Coleman, p. 827
- Weekend Competition, p. 828
- Chess and Crossword, pp. 829-832
- Front Cover by Michael Bennett
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June 6, 1980 Issue = 39 Articles- Notes, p. 835
- Scottish Criminal Justice Bill by Norman Buchan, p. 836
- Post Office union to lose 40,000 members by Patrick Wintour, p. 837
- Blair Peach: The verdict on the inquest by Phil Cohen, pp. 838-839
- South Africa: a new phase of opposition by Howard Barrell, pp. 840-841
- Walker won't ban 245-T by Judith Cook, pp. 842-843
- Pop profit in the IBA by Jonathan Coe and Peter Edmonds, pp. 844-845
- British companies in South Africa by Denys Blakeway and Patrick Wintour, p. 846
- Oilgate by Martin Bailey, p. 846
- Union-busting returns to America by Denis MacShane, p. 847
- Israel after Weizman by Ian Black, p. 848
- Neo-Nazi martyr by Christopher Hitchens, p. 848
- Northern Diary by Rob Rohrer, p. 849
- Letters, p. 850
- First Person by Arthur Marshall, p. 851
- Bloody nurses by Roger Woddis, p. 851
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Crossing the Barrier by Edward W. Said, pp. 852-853 - 3 Reviews- Marxism and the Muslim World by Maxime Rodinson
- What Is Islam? by Montgomery Watt II
- Europe and the Middle East by Albert Hourani
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Impresario of the Waves by Peter Levi, p. 854 - 4 Reviews- Trying to Explain by Donald Davie
- Ezra Pound and the "Pisan Cantos" by Anthony Woodward
- William Carlos Williams by Charles Doyle
- Theodore Roethke: An American Romantic by Jay Parini
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Cocktail Drugs by Simon Blow, pp. 854-855 - 4 Reviews- The Healing Art by A.N. Wilson
- Master and Son by Roger Mitton
- No Country for Young Men by Julia O'Faolain
- Leaves of the Banyan Tree by Albert Wendt
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O Young Men by Julian Mitchell, pp. 856-857 - 1 Review- Friends Apart by Philip Toynbee
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She Must Help Herself by Paul Foot, p. 858 - 1 Review- Olive Schreiner: A Biology by Ruth First and Ann Scott
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Eliminating Mistakes by Alan Hollinghurst, p. 859 - 3 Reviews- The Proof-Reader by Alexis Parnis
- Black Rain by Masuji Ibuse
- Myself as Witness by James Goldman
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The Real Shadow Cabinet by Stuart Holland, pp. 860-861 - 2 Reviews- The Civil Servants by Peter Kellner and Lord Crowther-Hunt
- The Secret Constitution by Brian Sedgmore
- Queen of the Humanities by Tony Eagleton, p. 862
- Go Away, Ariel by Norman MacCaig, p. 862
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Annexing the Planets by A.S. Byatt, p. 863 - 1 Review- Dreams of Adventure, Deeds of Empire by Martin B. Green
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Not the News by Nigel Cross, p. 864 - 2 Reviews- The Geopolitics of Information by Anthony Smith
- More Bad News by Glasgow University Media Group
- A Day at the Inquest by Ken Worpole, p. 865
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The New Anthropos by Paul Binding, p. 866 - 1 Review- Imagining America by Peter Conrad
- Cargo by Jamie McKendrick, p. 866
- Instant Rock Revivals by Mark Kidel, p. 867
- Film Porn: Hard & Soft by Stuart Hood, p. 868
- Stockhausen by Andrew Clements, p. 869
- Maugham, Playwright by Julian Barnes, p. 869
- Shaw, Saunders and Pownall by Benedict Nightingale, p. 870
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Films: Child Psychology by John Coleman, p. 871 - 5 Reviews- To Forget Venice (1980 Film) by Franco Brusati
- A Slave of Love (1978 Film) by Nikita Mikhalkov
- Long Shot (1978 Film) by Maurice Hatton
- La Commare Secca (1962 Film) by Bernardo Bertolucci
- All Quiet on the Western Front (1930 Film) by Lewis Milestone
- Weekend Competition and Chess, p. 872
- Crossword, pp. 873-876
- Front cover photo by John F. Hughes
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June 13, 1980 Issue = 28 Articles- Notes, pp. 878-879
- Scottish Criminal Justice Bill by Norman Buchan, p. 880
- The quarrels in The Labour Party by Bruce Page, pp. 881-883
- The deepening crisis in Iran, pp. 884-885
- The Olympics and dissidents by Bohdan P. Nahaylo, pp. 886-887
- Canada's unilateral disarmament by Christopher Hitchens, p. 888
- West Indians and Tories by Mike Phillips, pp. 888-889
- Jury rigging formalised by Anthony Blair and Phil Jeffries, p. 890
- Nott's Strategy Collapses by Martin Bailey, p. 891
- South African Coal Imports by Don Thomson, p. 891
- A Survey of Publisher's contracts by David Caute, pp. 892-898
- Moving gypsies on by Judith Cook, p. 899
- Dublin Diary by Mary Holland, p. 900
- Letters, p. 901
- First Person by Arthur Marshall, p. 902
- Safe as houses by Roger Woddis, p. 902
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The Night before Mardi Gras by Peter Burke, p. 903 - 3 Reviews- The Territory of the Historian by Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie
- Montaillou by Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie
- Carnival: A People's Uprising at Romans, 1579-1580 by Emmanuel le Roy Ladurie
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Fled Music by Brian Martin, p. 904 - 4 Reviews- Vision Quest by Terry Davis
- Lamb by Bernard MacLaverty
- Ambrose's Vision by Giles Gordon
- Store Up the Anger by Wessel Ebersohn
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Trick or Treat by John Mole, p. 905 - 5 Reviews- Hello, Darkness by L.E. Sissman and Peter Davison
- History of Him by Geoffrey Grigson
- Man I Killed by Laurence Lerner
- The Lament of the Border Guard by Patrick Creagh
- Lies and Dreams by Cliff Ashby
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Theory & Experience (2) by Christopher Hitchens, pp. 906-907 - 1 Review- Arguments within English Marxism by Perry Anderson
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Boys Will be Boys by David Benedictus, p. 908 - 2 Reviews- From Middle England by Philip Oakes
- Unreliable Memoirs by Clive James
- Master of a few Acres by John Spurling, p. 909
- The new Ayckbourn by Benedict Nightingale, p. 910
- Mozart at Glyndebourne, Verdi at Covent Garden by Peter Conrad, p. 910
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Films: Crash Course by John Coleman, p. 911 - 4 Reviews- Angi Vera (1979 Film) by Pal Gabor
- Skip Tracer (1977 Film) by Zale Dalen
- Long Weekend (1979 Film) by Colin Eggleston
- Hurricane (1979 Film) by Jan Troell
- Theatre Royal/Royal Court satire by Judith Cook, p. 912
- Weekend Competition, p. 912
- Chess and Crossword, pp. 913-916
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June 20, 1980 Issue = 30 Articles- Leader, p. 918
- Notes, p. 919
- Freedom and the Scottish Daily Express by Norman Buchan, p. 920
- The Pentagon's secret deal with Turkey by Claudia Wright, p. 921
- Will Japan deliver a sympathy vote? by Donald Kirk, pp. 922-923
- Schools on the Breadline by Rick Rogers, pp. 924-925
- Tories and the silicon chip by Christopher Hird and Patrick Wintour, pp. 926-927
- Anti-semitism in British universities by Christopher Hitchens, p. 928
- Ben Bella's fifteen year wait by Stuart Holland, p. 929
- London Diary by Anna Coote, p. 930
- Letters to the editor, p. 931
- First Person by Arthur Marshall, p. 932
- Cause for Alarm by Roger Woddis, p. 932
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Chippendale & U-Boats by Dan Cruikshank, p. 933 - 4 Reviews- Art in the Third Reich by Berthold Hinz
- The Architecture of Humanism by Geoffrey Scott
- The Rise of Architectural History by David Watkin
- The State of British Architecture by Sutherland Lyall
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Waiting for Real Water by John Bayley, p. 934 - 1 Review- Nostalgia for the Present by Andrei Voznesensky, Vera Dunham, and Max Hayward, ...
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Migraines by Jim Crace, p. 935 - 6 Reviews- Family Matters by Elizabeth Berridge
- The Education of Don Juan by Robin Hardy
- Post Office by Charles Bukowski
- The Anchor Tree by Emyr Humphreys
- Tribal Chieftains by Barrie Hughes
- The Rat Report by Constantine Fitzgibbon
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[+]
Seaside Judge by Nicholas Shrimpton, p. 936 - 2 Reviews- A Last Resort---For These Times by Julian Rathbone
- The Girl Green as Eldelflower by Randolph Stow
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On the Brink by Ken Coates, p. 937 - 3 Reviews- The Dangers of Nuclear War by Franklyn Griffiths and John C. Polanyi
- Democratic Socialism and the Cost of Defense by Mary Kaldor, Dan Smith, and Steve Vines
- Defence of the Realm in the 1980's by Dan Smith
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Conspiring with the Enemy by Adrianne Blue, p. 938 - 1 Review- The Bleeding Heart by Marilyn French
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Into the Oven by Judy Cooke, p. 939 - 1 Review- Kindergarten by Peter Rushforth
- Federal Republic: an Advertisement by Michael Hofmann, p. 939
- Jim Jones dramatised on radio by Charles Lewsen, p. 940
- Preview of a Vaclav Havel performance by Katy Hounsell-Robert, p. 941
- The musicians and the BBC by Philip Schlesinger, p. 941
- British sportsmen lose again by Julian Barnes, p. 942
- Malcolm Williamson by Benedict Nightingale, p. 942
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Films: Eva's Secret by John Coleman, p. 943 - 3 Reviews- Courage Fuyons (1979 Film) by Yves Robert
- Christopher Strong (1933 Film) by Dorothy Arzner
- A Touch of Zen (1969 Film) by King Hu
- Weekend Competition, p. 944
- Chess and Crossword, pp. 945-948
- Cover montage by Michael Bennett
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June 27, 1980 Issue = 30 Articles- Leader, p. 950
- Notes, p. 951
- Scottish Criminal Justice by Norman Buchan, p. 952
- South African workers revolt by Howard Barrell, p. 953
- Why gays distrust the police by Brian Deer, p. 954
- Bani-Sadr's dilemma by Frank Harrow, p. 955
- Police in the Community by Mike Phillips, p. 956
- E.P. Thomson's dialogue with Roy Medvedev, pp. 956-957
- The realities of civil defence by Christopher Hitchens, p. 958
- America's nuclear strike plans by Duncan Campbell, pp. 959-960
- The common sense of monetarism by Andrew Glyn and John Harrison, pp. 961-962
- London Diary by Tariq Ali, p. 963
- Letters to the Editor, p. 964
- First Person by Arthur Marshall, p. 965
- Persons represented by Roger Woddis, p. 965
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A Man Between Covers by John Willett, pp. 966-967 - 4 Reviews- The Man Who Was B. Traven by Will Wyatt
- The Treasures of B. Traven by B. Traven
- Government by B. Traven
- The White Rose by B. Traven
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[+]
Like the Ark by Peter Conrad, p. 968 - 1 Review- The Portage to San Cristobal of A. H. by George Steiner
- Before Leaving by Ron Butlin, p. 968
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Theory & Experience (3) by Alex Callinicos, pp. 969-970 - 1 Review- Arguments within English Marxism by Perry Anderson
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That Swine Lillywhite by John Arden, p. 971 - 3 Reviews- Fairies in Legend and the Arts by Alison Packer, Stella Beddge, and Lianne Jarrett, ...
- Introducing David Jones by John Matthias and David Michael Jones
- Dai Greatcoat by David Jones
- SAS, SIS, SOS by Martin Walker, p. 972
- Winter Day by Susannah Fried, p. 973
- Private Eyes by Mark Todd, pp. 974-975
- Couplings by Andrew Clements, p. 976
- Television by Julian Barnes, p. 977
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Films: Imaginary Leaps by John Coleman, pp. 977-978 - 5 Reviews- Nijinsky (1980 Film) by Herbert Ross
- The Wobblies (1979 Film) by Stewart Bird and Deborah Shaffer
- Dawn of the Dead (1978 Film) by George A. Romero
- Guyana: Crime of the Century (1979 Film) by Rene Cardona Jr.
- The Day Time Ended (1980 Film) by John 'Bud' Cardos
- Dickens dramatised by Benedict Nightingale, p. 979
- Theatre in Berlin by Ronald Hayman, p. 979
- Weekend Competition, p. 980
- Chess and Crossword, pp. 981-984
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Issues of Jul.-Sep. 1980 = 13 Issues, 359 Articles-
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July 4, 1980 Issue = 26 Articles- Leader; Notes, pp. 2-3
- Scottish Criminal Justice by Norman Buchan, p. 4
- Should the West bankroll Turkish torture? by Tessa Brown, pp. 5-7
- How Britain turned to Tito in World War II by Basil Davidson, pp. 8-11
- The quick, lonely death of 'Cartoon' Campbell by Nigel Lewis, p. 12
- BBC and the intelligence services by Duncan Campbell and Clive Thomas, p. 13
- Tomin prepares to leave Czechoslovakia, p. 14
- London Diary by Christopher Hird, p. 15
- Letters to the editor, pp. 16-17
- First Person by Arthur Marshall, p. 18
- Hand me a hairshirt by Roger Woddis, p. 18
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More Bones by Martin Amis, p. 19 - 1 Review- The Return of Eva Peron by V.S. Naipaul
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Gagged by Charles Glass, p. 20 - 1 Review- Decent Interval by Frank Snepp
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Rights by Patricia Hewitt, p. 21 - 2 Reviews- A Bill of Rights? by Michael Zander
- The Human Rights Handbook by Marguerite Garling
- The Dyer's Hand by Michael Kustow, p. 22
- A Metaphysical Outrage by Christopher Reid, p. 22
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Carver's Table by John Lucas, p. 23 - 2 Reviews- Other People's Worlds by William Trevor
- The Boarding-House by William Trevor
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Running on the Spot by Andrew Motion, p. 24 - 4 Reviews- Death Valley, and Other Poems in America by Alan Ross
- Selected Poems by Patricia Beer
- Over the Wall by Andrew Waterman
- Seeing the World by Dick Davis
- Nappies are Out by Julian Barnes, p. 25
- Designs on Votes by Adrian Forty, p. 26
- Matisse or Paolini by John Spurling, p. 26
- A Short Sharp Shock by Benedict Nightingale, p. 27
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Films: Horse-Sense by John Coleman, p. 28 - 4 Reviews- The Black Stallion (1979 Film) by Carroll Ballard
- The Sea Wolves (1980 Film) by Andrew V. McLaglen
- Little Darlings (1980 Film) by Ronald F. Maxwell
- Lifespan (1975 Film) by Alexander Whitelaw
- Weekend Competition, p. 28
- Chess and Crossword, pp. 29-32
- Cover montage by Michael Bennett
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July 11, 1980 Issue = 34 Articles- Notes, pp. 34-35
- The BBC roots for the Thai royals by Chris Mullin, p. 36
- Daily Mail in fake story cover-up by Andrew Jennings, p. 36
- Peter Emery's diving school by John Drury, p. 37
- Immigration and the British police-state by Amrit Wilson, pp. 38-39
- A new programme for Greece by John Torode, pp. 40-41
- Free Enterprise Zones---a 'Hong Kong solution'? by James Anderson, p. 42
- Filipinos get notice to quit the UK by Anna Coote, p. 43
- Kelly family refused legal aid by Rob Rohrer, p. 44
- Will new safety regulations bypass Porton Down? by Duncan Campbell, p. 44
- Yemelyanov falls from Soviet favour by Reuben Ainsztein, p. 45
- The trials of Miss Snobby Snout by Rob Edwards, p. 46
- Will the Superpowers kill the krill? by Mick Hamer, p. 47
- Grimsby Diary by Austin Mitchell, p. 48
- Letters, p. 49
- First Person by Arthur Marshall, p. 50
- Sermon in Brazil by Roger Woddis, p. 50
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[+]
Power Point by Robert Wistrich, p. 51 - 2 Reviews- The Jewish Emergence from Powerlessness by Yehuda Bauer
- Prophets in Babylon by Marion Woolfson
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A Fighter by Mervyn Jones, p. 52 - 1 Review- Writing by Candlelight by E.P. Thompson
- Risking All by James Campbell, p. 52
- Journey by Vicki Feaver, p. 53
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[+]
Every Sort of Hog by Hermione Lee, p. 54 - 2 Reviews- The Life of Katherine Mansfield by Antony Alpers
- Gurdjieff and Mansfield by James Moore
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Endlessly by John Lucas, p. 55 - 1 Review- The Middle Ground by Margaret Drabble
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Zimbabwean Prospects by Terence Ranger, p. 56 - 2 Reviews- From Rhodesia to Zimbabwe by W.H. Morris-Jones
- A Short Thousand Years by Paul L. Moorcraft
- Sweeney Todd by Benedict Nightingale, p. 57
- More Wimbledon by Julian Barnes, p. 57
- Nigel Osborne by Andrew Clements, p. 58
- The making of Afro-American music by Charles Fox, p. 59
- Films: The Pathetic Fallacy by Stuart Hood, p. 60
- Farce in Manchester by Paul Allen, p. 60
- Truffaut and Fugard by John Coleman, p. 61
- Weekend Competition and Chess, p. 62
- Crossword, pp. 63-68
- Cover photo by Linda Westmore
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July 18, 1980 Issue = 28 Articles- Notes, pp. 2-3
- Labour Party Enquiry by Patrick Wintour, p. 4
- The Rooker affair by Patrick Wintour, p. 5
- Thatcher and the ILEA by Rick Rogers, pp. 6-7
- Local Government finance by Francis Wheen, p. 8
- Golding's constituency by Patrick Wintour, pp. 8-9
- The biggest phone tap in the world by Duncan Campbell and Linda Melvern, pp. 10-14
- The proper defence of Britain by William Rodgers, p. 15
- Germany and the American alliance by Claudia Wright, p. 16
- London Diary by Anna Coote, p. 17
- Boom-tsie! by Michael Kustow, p. 18
- Letters to the editor, p. 18
- First Person by Arthur Marshall, p. 19
- Ode to joy by Roger Woddis, p. 19
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[+]
Thick End of the Wedge by Geoffrey Hosking, pp. 20-21 - 1 Review- The Oak and the Calf by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
- Circus by Simon North, p. 22
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On All Fours by Judy Cooke, p. 22 - 5 Reviews- Company by Samuel Beckett
- Kolyma Tales by Varlam Shalamov
- Scars and Other Ceremonies by Christopher Leach
- Staking Claims by Page Edwards
- Six Curtains for Stroganov by Caryl Brahms
- Theory & Experience (4) by Robin Blackburn, p. 23
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[+]
Uses of Desire by Helen McNeil, pp. 24-25 - 2 Reviews- Adultery in the Novel by Tony Tanner
- Love and Marriage by Laurence Lerner
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Pratt & Van by David Lodge, p. 26 - 2 Reviews- Setting the World on Fire by Angus Wilson
- Angus Wilson: Mimic and Moralist by Peter Faulkner
- Bracknell and Capital jazz festivals by Charles Fox, p. 27
- Fugard's new play by Benedict Nightingale, p. 28
- Erte at Glyndebourne by Peter Conrad, p. 29
- South African Panorama by Julian Barnes, p. 30
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Films: Anserine by John Coleman, p. 30 - 3 Reviews- Maitresse (1973 Film) by Barbet Schroeder
- The Secret Policeman's Other Ball (1980 Film) by Roger Graef and Julien Temple
- The Last Flight of Noah's Ark (1980 Film) by Charles Jarrott
- Weekend Competition and Chess, p. 31
- Crossword, pp. 32-36
- Cover photo by Chris Schwarz
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July 25, 1980 Issue = 28 Articles- Notes, pp. 1-3
- America's eavesdropping on Britain by Duncan Campbell, p. 4
- London Transport's real needs by Mick Hamer, p. 5
- Writers to on strike by Francis Wheen, p. 5
- Tories threaten British Gas by Christopher Hird, p. 6
- Unanswered questions about Cartoon Campbell by Jennifer Monahan, pp. 6-7
- A history of the Angolan revolution by Christopher Hitchens, pp. 8-9
- Frank Chapple and democracy by Patrick Wintour, pp. 10-12
- Black people and politics by Mike Phillips, p. 13
- Recessional by Roger Woddis, p. 14
- The proper defence of Britain by Robin Cook, p. 15
- Northern Diary by Rob Rohrer, p. 16
- Letters to the editor, p. 17
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Hard Lines by Nigel Cross, p. 18 - 4 Reviews- Days of Wrath by Robert Katz
- Fortune's Hostages by Caroline Moorehead
- Political Crime in Europe by Barton L. Ingraham
- The State in Western Europe by Richard Scase
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Man's World by Anna Coote, p. 19 - 1 Review- Women Workers and the Trade Union Movement by Sarah Boston
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[+]
White Knight by John Spurling, p. 20 - 2 Reviews- English Post-Impressionism by Simon Watney
- Roger Fry: Art and Life by Frances Spalding
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Bedroomised by Andrew Motion, p. 20 - 1 Review- Collected Ewart, 1933-80 by Gavin Ewart
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Ten Year Plans by Nicholas Shrimpton, p. 21 - 4 Reviews- The City Builder by George Konrad
- Runaway Horse by Martin Walser
- Abracadabra by Wolf Mankowitz
- One Hot Summer in Kyoto by John Haylock
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Falling Foul by Olga Semenova, pp. 22-23 - 5 Reviews- Prisoners of Conscience in the USSR
- Soviet Psychoprisons by Harvey Fireside
- Punitive Medicine by Alexander Podrabinek
- Institute of Fools by Viktor Nekipelov, Marco Carynnyk, and Marta Horban, ...
- History's Carnival by Leonid Plyushch
- The Williams Committee on censorship by David Benedictus, p. 24
- Recent rock records by Mark Kidel, p. 25
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Street Walker by Andrew Clements, p. 25 - 4 Reviews- Gustav Mahler: The Early Years by Donald Mitchell
- Recollections of Gustav Mahler by Natalie Bauer-Lechner
- Gustav Mahler: An Introduction to His Music by Deryck Cooke
- Mahler's Sixth Symphony----A Study by Norman Del Mar
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Films: Square Times by John Coleman, p. 26 - 3 Reviews- Fame (1980 Film) by Alan Parker
- Jane Austen in Manhattan (1980 Film) by James Ivory
- Bronco Billy (1980 Film) by Clint Eastwood
- Televised Olympics by Julian Barnes, p. 27
- British art at the Hayward Gallery by John Spurling, p. 27
- Weekend Competition and Chess, p. 28
- Crossword, pp. 29-32
- Cover illustration by John Minnion
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August 1, 1980 Issue = 24 Articles- Notes, pp. 2-4
- Sex, race and ritual at Gray's Inn by Anna Coote, p. 5
- Why Billy Carter casts a deadly shadow by Claudia Wright, pp. 6-7
- The fight goes on for the New Hebrides by Peter Tatchell, pp. 8-9
- Cambodia: America's second war in Indochina by John Pilger, pp. 10-15
- London Diary by Francis Wheen, p. 16
- Letters, p. 17
- First Person by Arthur Marshall, p. 18
- To a winner by Roger Woddis, p. 18
- Grub Street Revisited by Michael Sissons, p. 19
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[+]
Fair Deal? by Tim Jeal, p. 20 - 1 Review- Publishing Agreements by Charles Clark
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Beautiful Mission by Nigel Cross, p. 21 - 1 Review- The Author and His Publisher by Siegfried Unseld
- Olivia Manning by Paul Binding, p. 22
- Separation by Simon North, p. 22
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Legitimate Target by John Arden, p. 23 - 2 Reviews- Sheridan Le Fanu and Victorian Ireland by W.J. McCormack
- The Anglo-Irish Novel by John Cronin
- Rain by Alan Hollinghurst, p. 23
- Oh, Coe, No! by David Caute, p. 24
- Light Against Dark by Stuart Hood, p. 25
- The Elephant Man by Christopher Edwards, p. 25
- Experimental theatre in New York by Gerald Rabkin, p. 26
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Films: Guy and Doll by John Coleman, p. 27 - 3 Reviews- Little Miss Marker (1980 Film) by Walter Bernstein
- Can't Stop the Music (1980 Film) by Nancy Walker
- Salvatore Giuliano (1961 Film) by Francesco Rosi
- Weekend Competition, p. 28
- Chess and Crossword, pp. 29-32
- Cover photo by Eric Piper
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August 8, 1980 Issue = 27 Articles- Letter & Notes, pp. 2-3
- An open letter to Sir Henry Fisher by Christopher Price, p. 4
- The truth behind the collapsing children by Judith Cook, p. 5
- Will TUC organise the unemployed? by Patrick Wintour, p. 6
- Land hunger in Zimbabwe by David Ward, p. 7
- Monetarism under the microscope by Jeremy Bray, p. 8
- Bumper year for bankruptcies by Meghnad Desai, p. 9
- Eating British industry for breakfast by Christopher Hird, pp. 10-11
- Afghanistan's sweet-toothed invaders by Anthony Hyman, p. 12
- Soviet attitudes to Islam by Bohdan P. Nahaylo, p. 13
- London Diary by Tariq Ali, p. 14
- Letters, p. 15
- The minister by Roger Woddis, p. 15
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[+]
The Tactics of Amnesia by Paul Preston, p. 16 - 2 Reviews- The Spanish Revolution by Burnett Bolloten
- Communism in Spain in the Franco Era by Jorge Semprun
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Market Values by Gillian Wilce, p. 17 - 1 Review- Thy Neighbor's Wife by Gay Talese
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A Community? by Kerry Schott, p. 18 - 1 Review- The Uncommon Market by Stuart Holland
- On the Edge by William Jay Smith, p. 18
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Red Experts & Expert Reds by Fred Steward, p. 19 - 3 Reviews- Science and Industrialization in the USSR by Robert A. Lewis
- Technology and Society Under Lenin and Stalin by Kendall E. Bailes
- The Technical Intelligentsia and the Soviet State by Nicholas Lampert
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[+]
Who is Sarah? by Simon Blow, p. 20 - 4 Reviews- Maybe: A Story by Lillian Hellman
- Homelands by John Wiles
- The Sorry Papers by Don Bailey
- Silk and Steel by Stephen Alter
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Sleuthing by Francis Wheen, p. 20 - 2 Reviews- A Talent to Deceive by Robert Barnard
- Dorothy L. Sayers: Nine Literary Studies by Trevor H. Hall
- A Fellow-traveller by Ron Butlin, p. 21
- A Sailor's Life by Anne Karpf, p. 21
- War Stories by Robert Hewison, p. 22
- The Suicide by Christopher Edwards, p. 23
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Films: Take Off by John Coleman, p. 24 - 3 Reviews- Airplane! (1980 Film) by Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, and Jerry Zucker
- The Valiant Ones (1975 Film) by King Hu
- Rebecca (1940 Film) by Alfred Hitchcock
- Weekend Competition, p. 24
- Chess and Crossword, pp. 25-28
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August 15, 1980 Issue = 27 Articles- Notes, pp. 2-3
- Tories miss D Notice evidence by Duncan Campbell and Christopher Hird, p. 4
- US Democratic convention by Claudia Wright, p. 5
- Meetings with Edgar Tekere by David Ward, p. 5
- Defending the motor car by Mick Hamer and Patrick Wintour, pp. 6-7
- BOSS in Britain by Martin Bailey, pp. 8-9
- Adest & the new picketing code by Patrick Wintour, p. 10
- Evidence suppressed on West Bank bombing by Tim Coone, p. 10
- Israelis gag Palestinian organisation by Ian Black, p. 10
- Development & women in India by Anna Coote, p. 11
- In defence of Nato by Field Marshal Lord Carver, p. 12
- London Diary by Christopher Hitchens, p. 13
- Letters, p. 14
- First Person by Arthur Marshall, p. 15
- Polonaise by Roger Woddis, p. 15
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Madam on the Moon? by J.P. Stern, p. 16 - 2 Reviews- A Nervous Splendor by Frederic Morton
- Fin-de-Siecle Vienna: Politics and Culture by Carl E. Schorske
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Bucolic Bones by Nicholas Shrimpton, p. 17 - 4 Reviews- A Few Green Leaves by Barbara Pym
- F for Ferg by Ian Cochrane
- Collin by Stefan Heym
- Pas de Deux by Olivier Beer
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Myth of the Fifth Column by David Pryce-Jones, p. 18 - 3 Reviews- Collar the Lot! by Peter Gillman and Leni Gillman
- A Bespattered Page? by Ronald Stent
- Prisoners of England by Miriam Kochan
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A Foreign Code by Julian Barnes, pp. 19-20 - 2 Reviews- Somerset Maugham: A Biography by Ted Morgan
- The Scandal of Syrie Maugham by Gerald McKnight
- Crop Rotation by Andrew Clements, p. 21
- Whip in Hand by Christopher Edwards, p. 22
- Prostitutes, singers and football on TV by Julian Barnes, p. 22
- David Mercer remembered by Don Taylor, p. 23
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Films: Small Mercies by David Wilson, p. 24 - 2 Reviews- Consequence (1977 Film) by Wolfgang Petersen
- Caddyshack (1980 Film) by Harold Ramis
- Weekend Competition, p. 24
- Chess and crossword, pp. 25-28
- Cover photograph by Michael Bennett
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August 22, 1980 Issue = 29 Articles- Notes, pp. 2-3
- Dismantling National Insurance by Ruth Lister, p. 4
- Report from Poland by A special correspondent, p. 5
- The TUC and Poland by Patrick Wintour, p. 6
- Korea's show trial by Donald Kirk, p. 6
- Anwar Ditta's battle against the Home Office by David Holmes#2, p. 7
- Ulster by Mary Holland, p. 7
- Chemical warfare in Vietnam by Mike Goldwater and Anthony Barnett, pp. 8-9
- Cruise: the missile that doesn't work by Andrew Cockburn, pp. 10-11
- Inside South Africa's Department of Foreign Affairs by Martin Bailey, p. 12
- London Diary by Anna Coote, p. 13
- Letters, p. 14
- First Person by Arthur Marshall, p. 15
- The only language by Roger Woddis, p. 15
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Muzzling Wild Beasts by James Campbell, p. 16 - 4 Reviews- RLS: A Life Study by Jenni Calder
- The Laird of Abbotsford by A.N. Wilson
- Conrad in the Nineteenth Century by Ian Watt
- The Private Diaries of Sir Henry Rider Haggard by D.S. Higgins and H. Rider Haggard
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Good for Nothing? by Alan Hollinghurst, p. 17 - 4 Reviews- Exactions by C.H. Sisson
- Selected Poems by Donald Justice
- Poems of Love and Death by George MacBeth
- New and Collected Poems, 1950-1980 by Vernon Scannell
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Ancestors by Charles Fox, p. 18 - 1 Review- Inherit the Earth by Maureen Duffy
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No Longer Small by Martin Bailey, p. 19 - 1 Review- Third-Class Ticket by Heather Wood
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Church Militant by Terence Ranger, p. 19 - 2 Reviews- The Catholic Church and Zimbabwe, 1879-1979 by Anthony J. Dachs
- Catholic Church and the Struggle for Zimbabwe by Ian Linden
- Kissing and Telling by Paul Muldoon, p. 20
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Tense Questions by Brian Martin, p. 20 - 6 Reviews- Sir Henry and Sons: A Memoir by Thomas Hinde
- Mr. Nicholas by Thomas Hinde
- Daymare by Thomas Hinde
- A Forgotten Season by Kathleen Conlon
- The Killing of Nelson John by Clyde Hosein
- Forfeits by Anne Dearan
- Problems & Prospects by Stuart Hood, p. 21
- Keeping fit and well with TV by Julian Barnes, p. 21
- Galileo and Othello on state by Christopher Edwards, p. 22
- Brian Eno and his synthesiser by Mark Kidel, p. 23
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Films: Soft Punk by David Wilson, p. 24 - 3 Reviews- Breaking Glass (1980 Film) by Brian Gibson
- All That Jazz (1979 Film) by Bob Fosse
- The Wishing Tree (1976 Film) by Tengiz Abuladze
- Weekend Competition, p. 24
- Chess and Crossword, pp. 25-28
- Cover montage by Michael Bennett
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August 29, 1980 Issue = 26 Articles- Letter & Notes, pp. 2-3
- Press freedom and the right of reply by Anna Coote, p. 4
- Do women always consent to being sterilised? by Martin Bailey and Jon Danzig, p. 5
- Jerusalem's divisive 'unity' by David Mandel, p. 6
- Destruction of Britain's industrial heartland by Patrick Wintour, pp. 7-8
- Historical truth and the BBC by Gitta Sereny, p. 9
- Beyond the fragments by Sheila Rowbotham, pp. 10-11
- The hidden dangers of Jim Prior's Codes of Practice by Anthony Blair, p. 12
- London Diary by Christopher Hird, p. 13
- Letters to the editor, p. 14
- First Peterson by Arthur Marshall, p. 15
- Clarity by Roger Woddis, p. 15
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Climbing Frames by Rick Rogers, pp. 16-17 - 7 Reviews- Who Cares? by Penelope Leach
- Nurseries Now by Martin Hughes, Berry Maynall, Peter Moss, and Jane Perry, ...
- Childminder by Brian Jackson and Sonia Jackson
- Under Five in Britain by Jerome S. Bruner
- Childwatching at Playgroup and Nursery School by Kathy Sylva, Carolyn Roy, and Marjorie Painter
- Children and Minders by Bridget Bryant, Miriam Harris, and Dee Newton
- Children and Day Nurseries by Caroline Garland and Stephanie White
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Ugly Health by James Campbell, p. 18 - 4 Reviews- Secret Rendezvous by Kobo Abe
- Nearing's Grace by Scott Sommer
- Seahorse by Graham Petrie
- Flowers of the Forest by Joseph Hone
- A Writer by John Berger, p. 18
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Elizabethan Images by John Arden, p. 19 - 1 Review- Shakespeare: The Globe and the World by S. Schoenbaum
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Say 'Bayethe' For Us by Katharine Robertson, p. 19 - 1 Review- Call Me Not a Man, and Other Stories by Mtutuzeli Matshoba
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Masks by Alan Hollinghurst, p. 20 - 1 Review- My Guru and His Disciple by Christopher Isherwood
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Well-Meaning by Peter Dews, p. 21 - 2 Reviews- The Material Word by David Silverman and Brian Torode
- Reference Truth and Reality by Mark Platts
- Mother and Son by Duncan Forbes, p. 21
- Drama at the Edinburgh Festival by Benedict Nightingale, p. 22
- Yap on TV and TV on Yap by Julian Barnes, p. 22
- The way the BBC covered the Day of Action by Antony Easthope, p. 23
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Films: In For Life by David Wilson, p. 24 - 2 Reviews- McVicar (1980 Film) by Tom Clegg
- The Fiendish Plot of Dr. fu Manchu (1980 Film) by Piers Haggard
- Weekend Competition, p. 24
- Chess and Crossword, pp. 25-28
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September 5, 1980 Issue = 27 Articles- Leader, p. 2
- Notes, pp. 3-4
- British Rail's financial crisis by Mick Hamer, p. 5
- Documents from Poland by Christopher Hitchens, pp. 6-7
- TUC report by Anna Coote, p. 8
- The vanishing Commonwealth trade unionists by Don Thomson, p. 9
- Reagan and the lunatic Right by Godfrey Hodgson, pp. 10-11
- A year of Now! by Francis Wheen, p. 12
- Tories and the disabled by Hannah Wright, pp. 13-14
- London Diary by Peter Kellner, p. 15
- Letters, p. 16
- First Person by Arthur Marshall, p. 17
- The Sundiposh by Roger Woddis, p. 17
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All the Conspirators by David Pryce-Jones, pp. 18-19 - 2 Reviews- Fellow Travellers of the Right by Richard Griffiths
- British Fascism by Kenneth Lunn and Richard C. Thurlow
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Spain Bleeds, England Gambles by Michael Schmidt, p. 20 - 1 Review- The Penguin Book of Spanish Civil War Verse by Valentine Cunningham
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A.S. Byatt by A.S. Byatt, p. 21 - 1 Review- Nuns and Soldiers by Iris Murdoch
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Silences by Ben Okri, p. 22 - 4 Reviews- Ancient Monuments by Stig Claesson
- Out of Season by Ian J. Burton
- Clear Light of Day by Anita Desai
- Limbo Girl by June Burnett
- The Black Theatre of Prague by Jamie McKendrick, p. 23
- The Perils of Self-Censorship by Mary Holland, p. 23
- Drama at the Edinburgh Festival by Benedict Nightingale, p. 24
- The Edinburgh Radio Festival by Anne Karpf, p. 25
- The Edinburgh Film Festival by Sean Hignett, p. 26
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Films: School's Out by John Coleman, p. 27 - 2 Reviews- A Week's Vacation (1980 Film) by Bertrand Tavernier
- Chapter Two (1979 Film) by Robert Moore
- The grilling of Keeler by Julian Barnes, p. 28
- Weekend Competition, p. 28
- Chess and Crossword, pp. 29-32
- Front cover by Ralph Steadman
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September 12, 1980 Issue = 25 Articles- Leader, p. 2
- Notes, pp. 3-4
- The Stealth Bomber by Andrew Cockburn, p. 5
- China tries to make up its mind about Mao by Ross Terrill, pp. 6-7
- Health & politics: how the working classes suffer by Anna Coote, pp. 8-9
- Suppressed police evidence about the Yorkshire Ripper by Rob Rohrer, pp. 10-13
- Julius Tomin and Zdena Tominova come to England by Christopher Hitchens, p. 14
- Agonising decision by Roger Woddis, p. 14
- Sexual fantasies in modern America by Claudia Wright, p. 15
- London Diary by Christopher Hitchens, p. 16
- Letters to the editor, p. 17
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Lovers & Geniuses by John Willett, p. 18 - 1 Review- Isadora and Esenin by Gordon McVay
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New Worlds by Helen McNeil, p. 19 - 4 Reviews- Diana of the Crossways by George Meredith
- The Odd Women by George Gissing
- An Unsocial Socialist by G. Bernard Shaw
- Ann Veronica by H.G. Wells
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Art & Craft by Gillian Wilce, p. 20 - 4 Reviews- The Shooting Party by Isabel Colegate
- Unholy Loves by Joyce Carol Oates
- Second Sight by Sally Emerson
- Missing Person by Patrick Modiano
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The Faultlines of Race by Shula Marks, pp. 21-22 - 5 Reviews- Ernest Oppenheimer: A Study in Power by Edward G. Jessup
- Capital, State and White Labour in South Africa, 1900-60 by Robert H. Davies
- Ethnic Power Mobilized by Heribert Adam and Hermann Giliomee
- The Liberal Dilemma in South Africa by Pierre L. van den Berghe
- Transkei's Half Loaf by Newell M. Stultz
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Of Machines and Men by Hilary Wainwright, p. 23 - 1 Review- Architect or Bee? by Mike Cooley
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Films: My Sainted Aunt! by John Coleman, p. 24 - 7 Reviews- Mon Oncle d'Amerique (1980 Film) by Alain Resnais
- Cruising (1980 Film) by William Friedkin
- Brubaker (1980 Film) by Bob Rafelson and Stuart Rosenberg
- Urban Cowboy (1980 Film) by James Bridges
- Heart Beat (1980 Film) by John Byrum
- Rough Cut (1980 Film) by Don Siegel and Robert Ellis Miller
- Harlequin (1980 Film) by Simon Wincer
- The rights of translators of plays by Christopher Edwards, p. 25
- Andrea Newman, Noel Coward and the American Presidency by Julian Barnes, p. 25
- Tynan and O'Toole by Benedict Nightingale, p. 26
- The Hayward Gallery's exhibition by John Spurling, p. 27
- The Wiz in Sheffield and Janos Nyiri in Leicester by Paul Allen, p. 27
- Tippett's new concerto by Andrew Clements, p. 28
- Weekend Competition, p. 28
- Chess and Crossword, pp. 29-32
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September 19, 1980 Issue = 28 Articles- Leader, p. 2
- Notes, p. 3
- NUJ and press freedom by Anna Coote, p. 4
- Controversial American tampon arrives in Britain by Elaine Davenport, p. 5
- Bunkering down for nuclear war by Duncan Campbell, pp. 6-7
- The political economy of sugar by Hannah Wright, pp. 8-10
- The myth of Turkey's 'neutral' army by Christopher Hitchens, p. 11
- Winson Green prison governor speaks out by Judith Cook, p. 12
- A new threat to the freedom to demonstrate by Paul Gordon, p. 13
- London Diary by Bruce Page, p. 14
- Letters, p. 15
- I've got a little list by Arthur Marshall, p. 16
- The day of the bee by Roger Woddis, p. 16
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A Thousand Gaping Wounds by Jonathan Mirsky, p. 17 - 5 Reviews- China and the Three Worlds by King C. Chen
- Shaping of Chinese Foreign Policy by Greg O'Leary
- China's Role in World Affairs by Michael B. Yahuda
- China and the West by Jerome Ch'en
- China, the United Nations, and World Order by Samuel S. Kim
- War Blinded by Douglas Dunn, p. 18
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Psi-Fi by Nicolas Walter, pp. 19-20 - 6 Reviews- Science and the Supernatural by John Taylor
- Death and the Magician by Raymund Fitzsimons
- ESP and Parapsychology by C.E.M. Hansel
- The Psychology of the Psychic by David F. Marks and Richard Kammann
- The Strange Case of Edmund Gurney by Trevor H. Hall
- The Strange Story of Ada Goodrich Freer by Trevor Henry Hall
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Molly's Piano by Terry Eagleton, p. 21 - 2 Reviews- James Joyce and the Revolution of the Word by Colin MacCabe
- Ulysses by Hugh Kenner
- Heart Failure by Geoffrey Grigson, p. 21
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Science, Socialism & Utopia by Gary Werskey, p. 22 - 2 Reviews- Sage: A Life of J.D. Bernal by Maurice Goldsmith
- H. G. Wells: Discoverer of the Future by R.D. Haynes
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Roast Cat by Judy Cooke, p. 23 - 5 Reviews- Man in the Holocene by Max Frisch
- Imago Bird by Nicholas Mosley
- Rounds by Frederick Busch
- Winterreise by Gerhard Roth
- The Crow Eaters by Bapsi Sidhwa
- New television series by Julian Barnes, p. 24
- Films: Fair Play by Nigel Lewis, p. 25
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Films: Love and Ruins by John Coleman, p. 26 - 4 Reviews- The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979 Film) by Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- The Third Generation (1979 Film) by Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- Simon (1980 Film) by Marshall Brickman
- Chuquiago (1976 Film) by Antonio Eguino
- Timon by Benedict Nightingale, p. 27
- The Beggar's Opera by Christopher Edwards, p. 28
- Weekend Competition, p. 28
- Chess and Crossword, pp. 29-32
- Cover montage by Michael Bennett
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September 26, 1980 Issue = 30 Articles- Notes, pp. 2-3
- Square Leg in disarray by Duncan Campbell and Rob Edwards, p. 4
- Pole-Carew on union bashing by Patrick Wintour, p. 5
- Iran's reluctant border war with Iraq by Fred Halliday, pp. 6-7
- The Castle Diaries and Left morality by Bruce Page, p. 8
- Peter Kellner on polls and Monty Python, p. 9
- The IBA consultative fraud by Jonathan Coe, pp. 10-11
- Inducing alarmism by Mary Kaldor, pp. 12-13
- London Diary by Anna Coote, p. 14
- Letters to the editor, p. 15
- First Person by Arthur Marshall, p. 16
- Do not drop by Roger Woddis, p. 16
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Vile Bodies by Rayner Heppenstall, p. 17 - 1 Review- The Letters of Evelyn Waugh by Mark Amory and Evelyn Waugh
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Hate & Horror by Margaretta D'Arcy, pp. 18-19 - 1 Review- On the Blanket by Tim Pat Coogan
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Last Word by Helen McNeil, p. 20 - 1 Review- The Sum of Things by Olivia Manning
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Some New Strain by Andrew Motion, pp. 21-22 - 4 Reviews- Why Brownlee Left by Paul Muldoon
- The Morning of the Poem by James Schuyler
- The Changing Problem by Ian McMillan
- Constantly Singing by James Simmons
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Setting Murder to Poetry by Stephen Brook, p. 23 - 1 Review- Deliberate Regression by Robert Harbison
- Selected Autumn and Winter Books, pp. 24-27
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Be a Good Boy by Judy Cooke, p. 28 - 1 Review- Joshua Then and Now by Mordecai Richler
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Bread of Heaven by Ken Coates, p. 28 - 1 Review- The Fed by Dai Smith and Hywel Francis
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Eye-Cellation by J.J. White, p. 29 - 2 Reviews- The Egghead Republic by Arno Schmidt, Ernst Krawehl, and Marion Boyars
- Evening Edged in Gold by Arno Schmidt
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Scholtz-Klink by Tim Mason, p. 30 - 2 Reviews- Hitler by Norman Stone
- Hitler's Mein Kampf in Britain and America by James J. Barnes and Patience P. Barnes
- Eight Poems of Emigration by John Berger, p. 31
- Fools' Paradise by John Spurling, p. 32
- Music by Andrew Clements, p. 33
- Lillian Hellman at the National by Benedict Nightingale, p. 33
- The Greeks by Julian Barnes, p. 34
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Films: Giocoso? by John Coleman, p. 34 - 2 Reviews- Don Giovanni (1979 Film) by Joseph Losey
- Dressed to Kill (1980 Film) by Brian De Palma
- Weekend Competition and Chess, p. 35
- Crossword, pp. 36-40
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Issues of Oct.-Dec. 1980 = 12 Issues, 367 Articles-
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October 3, 1980 Issue = 29 Articles- Leader, p. 2
- Notes, pp. 2-3
- Britain and Cambodia by Anthony Barnett, p. 4
- Preview of World War III by Duncan Campbell, pp. 5-7
- Labour Party conference by Peter Kellner, p. 8
- Portugal's Watergate by Paul Foot, p. 9
- British boxing by Denis Lehane, pp. 10-11
- The textile crisis by Christopher Hird, Gary Herman, and Ron Taylor, pp. 12-14
- Politics & population in America by Claudia Wright, p. 15
- Workers' control of capital by Tom Schuller, p. 16
- London Diary by Bruce Page, p. 17
- Letters to the editor, p. 18
- First Person by Arthur Marshall, p. 19
- Over the top by Roger Woddis, p. 19
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White Knights of Africa by David Caute, p. 20 - 3 Reviews- Asking for Trouble by Donald Woods
- A Season in Paradise by Breyten Breytenbach
- And Death White as Words by Breyten Breytenbach
- A Prisoner by Paul Dunbar, p. 21
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No Friends by Christopher Hitchens, p. 21 - 3 Reviews- Armenia: The Survival of a Nation by Christopher J. Walker
- A People Without a Country by Gerard Chaliand
- Palestine in Perspective by David H. Ott
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Not So Patiently by Anne Karpf, pp. 22-23 - 7 Reviews- The Political Economy of Health by Lesley Doyal and Imogen Pennell
- Overseas Doctors in the National Health Service by David J. Smith
- Planners, Politics and Health Services by Gregory Parston
- The Ethics of Resource Allocation in Health Care by K.M. Boyd
- NHS: Your Money or Your Life by Lesley Garner
- Class Inequality and Health Care by Vivienne Walters
- Anatomy of an Illness as Perceived by the Patient by Norman Cousins
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A Taste of Drains by Brian Martin, p. 24 - 5 Reviews- Human Voices by Penelope Fitzgerald
- A Tree May Fall by Jonah Jones
- A Short Time to Live by Mervyn Jones
- Two Women by Harry Mulisch
- The House on Prague Street by Hanna Demetz
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With Her Tail Up by Judith Hart, p. 25 - 1 Review- The Castle Diaries, 1964-70 by Barbara Castle
- Sisters under the Skin by Stuart Hood, p. 26
- La Fete de l'Humanite by Paul Binding and David Berry, p. 27
- The Pope's radio play by Bruce Stewart, p. 27
- A new production in Derry by Timothy O'Grady, p. 28
- The Merchant, Colette and Priestley's Conways by Benedict Nightingale, p. 29
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Films: POV by John Coleman, p. 30 - 2 Reviews- The Shining (1980 Film) by Stanley Kubrick
- The Big Red One (1980 Film) by Samuel Fuller
- Weekend Competition, p. 30
- Chess and Crossword, pp. 31-36
- Cover photograph by Michael Bennett
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October 10, 1980 Issue = 29 Articles- Leader, p. 2
- Notes, p. 3
- World War III: the military view by Duncan Campbell, p. 4
- Why Denis Healey is still smiling by Peter Kellner, p. 5
- TUC split over the Isle of Grain by Patrick Wintour, pp. 6-7
- Inside Sir Ian Gilmour, pp. 8-9
- The Great farming rip-off by Marion Shoard, pp. 10-11
- How UMIST chose its Vice-Chancellor by Rob Rohrer and Rick Rogers, p. 12
- Evicting gypsies the rough way by Judith Cook, p. 13
- The unions and democracy by Frank Chapple, pp. 14-15
- London Diary by Tariq Ali, p. 16
- Letters to the editor, p. 17
- First Person by Arthur Marshall, p. 18
- Due for demolition by Roger Woddis, p. 18
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The Men's Room by Morris Fraser, p. 19 - 7 Reviews- Christian Attitudes to Homosexuality by Peter Everard Coleman
- Christianity, Social Tolerance, and Homosexuality by John Boswell
- The Homosexual as Hero in Contemporary Fiction by Stephen D. Adams
- Army of Lovers by Rosa von Praunheim
- Homosexuality and Liberation by Mario Mieli
- Which Way Out of the Men's Room? by Gordon Johnston
- States of Desire by Edmund White
- A Concise Definition of Answers by Blake Morrison, p. 20
- Whore of Babylon by Nigel Cross, p. 21
- Bull's Eye by Judy Cooke, p. 22
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City of Visions by Desmond Hogan, p. 23 - 6 Reviews- After My Fashion by John Cowper Powys
- Our Ancestors by Italo Calvino
- The Old Jest by Jennifer Johnston
- Three Trapped Tigers by G. Cabrera Infante
- The Head Case by Jacky Gillott
- The Throwback by Tom Sharpe
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Familiar Territory by Laurence Lerner, p. 23 - 1 Review- Ways of Escape by Graham Greene
- Mercer's last play by Benedict Nightingale, p. 24
- Barrie Keeffe's Black Lear by Paul Allen, p. 25
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Films: Monstrous by John Coleman, p. 25 - 3 Reviews- The Elephant Man (1980 Film) by David Lynch
- Every Man for Himself (1980 Film) by Jean-Luc Godard
- Godard by Colin MacCabe
- --- by Stuart Hood, p. 26
- The master musicians of Jajouka by Mark Kidel, p. 27
- Charitable television by Julian Barnes, p. 28
- Weekend Competition, p. 28
- Chess and Crossword, pp. 29-32
- Cover montage by Michael Bennett
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October 17, 1980 Issue = 30 Articles- Leader, p. 2
- Notes, p. 3
- Controlling Michael Heseltine by Francis Wheen, p. 4
- The resignation of Mr Callaghan by Peter Kellner, p. 5
- Thwarting the Greek Left by Fred Halliday, pp. 6-7
- Australia's election by Richard Hall, pp. 8-9
- The defence of Britain by Lawrence Freedman, pp. 10-11
- The government's corrupt arms sales machine by Duncan Campbell, pp. 12-17
- The great farming rip-off: Part II by Marion Shoard, pp. 18-20
- Northern Diary by Rob Rohrer, p. 21
- Letters to the editor, p. 22
- First Person by Arthur Marshall, p. 23
- Carve-up by Roger Woddis, p. 23
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Men Can Die of Shame by Blake Morrison, p. 24 - 1 Review- A Part of Speech by Joseph Brodsky
- Time of Cold by Michael Schmidt, p. 25
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Ice and Fire by Christopher Hitchens, p. 26 - 1 Review- Indira Gandhi by Dom F. Moraes
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Eat the Eggs by James Campbell, p. 26 - 4 Reviews- In Plain Russian by Vladimir Voinovich
- The Song of the Nightingale by Bruce Arnold
- A Quest of Love by Jacques Hawkes
- The Voices of the Dead by Autran Dourado
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Home Economics by Zoe Fairbairns, p. 27 - 1 Review- The Politics of Housework by Ellen Malos
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Border Crossings by Ian Carter, pp. 28-29 - 4 Reviews- Lord and Peasant in Nineteenth Century Britain by Dennis R. Mills
- The State of the Scottish Working Class in 1843 by Ian Levitt and Christopher Smout
- The Rousing of the Scottish Working Class by James D. Young
- Scottish Capitalism by Tony Dickson
- The Prudence Farmer Award by Peter Conrad, p. 30
- Pastoral by Christopher Reid, p. 30
- Craig Raine by Laying a Lawn, p. 30
- Man as Objects by John Spurling, p. 31
- Recordings of Stockhausen, Berio and Birtwistle by Andrew Clements, p. 32
- Sir Hugh Greene's battle memoirs by Julian Barnes, p. 32
- Productions of O'Casey, Ibsen and Shakespeare by Benedict Nightingale, p. 33
- Arden's radio Quixote by Charles Lewsen, p. 34
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Films: Thirsty Work by John Coleman, p. 34 - 5 Reviews- Special Treatment (1980 Film) by Goran Paskaljevic
- A Woman of Paris (1923 Film) by Charles Chaplin
- The Hunter (1980 Film) by Buzz Kulik
- The Blue Lagoon (1980 Film) by Randal Kleiser
- The Long Riders (1980 Film) by Walter Hill
- Die Frau ohne Schatten by Peter Conrad, p. 35
- Weekend Competition Chess and Crossword, pp. 36-40
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October 24, 1980 Issue = 37 Articles- Leader, p. 2
- Pol Pot vote at the UN by Anthony Barnett, p. 3
- Open letter to Denis Healey by Christopher Price, p. 3
- Jimmy Kelly case goes to European Court by Rob Rohrer, p. 4
- Plan to sell the Ordnance Survey by Christopher Hall, p. 4
- What MPs think of Thatcherism by Peter Kellner, p. 5
- The Times by Bruce Page and Peter Kellner, pp. 6-7
- America's bloodthirsty electorate by Claudia Wright, p. 8
- Isle of Grain dispute by Patrick Wintour, pp. 8-9
- The City I: control of pension funds by Richard Minns, pp. 10-11
- The City II: who sold in the dawn raids by Christopher Hird, pp. 12-15
- H-Block by Mary Holland, p. 16
- Thatcher's merchants of death by Duncan Campbell, p. 16
- Assault on Czechoslovakia's Rudolf Battek by Jan Kavan, p. 17
- Britain's new bread by Hannah Wright, p. 17
- Defence of Britain: a plan for a democratic policy by David Fernbach, p. 18
- Midlands Diary by Judith Cook, p. 19
- Letters to the editor, p. 20
- First Person by Arthur Marshall, p. 21
- The danger of freedom by Roger Woddis, p. 21
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The World and the Word by David Caute, p. 22 - 1 Review- Earthly Powers by Anthony Burgess
- Foreign Affairs by Michael Hofmann, p. 23
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Debray Chez Lui by Pierre Joris, p. 24 - 1 Review- L'Esperance au Purgatoire by Regis Debray
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You Name It by Judy Cooke, p. 24 - 1 Review- Fanny by Erica Jong
- Leaving the Burning City by Clive Wilmer, p. 25
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First-rate by Alan Hollinghurst, p. 26 - 3 Reviews- The Girl in a Swing by Richard Adams
- The Birds of the Air by Alice Thomas Ellis
- World's End and Other Stories by Paul Theroux
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Murky Spaces by Paul Thompson, p. 26 - 3 Reviews- The Fat Man in History by Peter Carey
- Samurai by Hisako Matsubara
- In Flight by Jonathan Smith
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The Other US by Charles Glass, p. 27 - 3 Reviews- A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn
- American Dream, Global Nightmare by Sandy Vogelsang
- Counting Our Blessings by Daniel P. Moynihan
- Howard Brenton's Romans by Benedict Nightingale, p. 28
- Translators' rights re-examined by Charles Marowitz, p. 29
- Photographing jazzmen by Charles Fox, p. 29
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Films: Rule .303 by John Coleman, p. 30 - 2 Reviews- Breaker Morant (1980 Film) by Bruce Beresford
- The Blues Brothers (1980 Film) by John Landis
- Gainsborough by John Spurling, p. 31
- Promoting new music by Andrew Clements, p. 31
- Weekend Competition and Chess, p. 32
- Crossword, pp. 33-36
- Cover by Peter Till
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October 31, 1980 Issue = 34 Articles- Mr Atkins & the H Blocks by Mary Holland, p. 2
- Cunard climbdown by Rob Rohrer, p. 2
- Lessons from Le Monde by Jane Jessel, p. 3
- Knockout at Tory conference, p. 3
- Heseltine's phoney figures by Steve Schifferes, p. 3
- Electoral college monoeuvres by Patrick Wintour, p. 4
- Labour's unsatisfactory choice by Peter Kellner, p. 5
- Target Britain: the unknown US bases by Duncan Campbell, pp. 6-9
- Secret deal on US bases in Greece by Claudia Wright, pp. 10-11
- Top ten censored US news stories by Martin Bailey, p. 12
- Mental health and human rights by Francis Wheen, p. 13
- London Diary by Bruce Page, p. 14
- Letters to the editor, p. 15
- First Person by Arthur Marshall, p. 16
- Cowboys by Roger Woddis, p. 16
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Exhausting the Possibilities by Hermione Lee, p. 17 - 1 Review- The Uncollected Stories of William Faulkner by Joseph Blotner and William Faulkner
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In the Pulpit by John Spurling, p. 18 - 1 Review- The Success and Failure of Picasso by John Berger
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Point of Change by Peter Fuller, pp. 18-19 - 1 Review- The Success and Failure of Picasso by John Berger
- May I Sit Down by John Fuller, p. 20
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Star Trek by Helen McNeil, p. 21 - 1 Review- Show People by Kenneth Tynan
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The Politics of Urban Neglect by Michael Harloe, p. 22 - 7 Reviews- The Inner City: Employment and Industry by Alan Evans and David Eversley
- The Future of the British Conurbations by Gordon Cameron
- The Good City by David Donnison and Paul Soto
- Poverty, Politics, and Policy by Keith G. Banting
- The Crisis of the Inner City by Martin Loney and Mark Allen
- Neighbourhood Survival by Terry Christensen
- Urban Political Analysis by Patrick Dunleavy
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Leave of Absence by Bill Buford, p. 23 - 3 Reviews- Tell Me a Riddle by Tillie Olsen
- Yonnondio: From the Thirties by Tillie Olsen
- Silences by Tillie Olsen
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Cyanide Soup by John Coleman, p. 24 - 1 Review- Black and White by Shiva Naipaul
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Collision Course by Denys Blakeway, p. 25 - 3 Reviews- Problems of Contemporary Militarism by Asbjorn Eide and Marek Thee
- Politics of Arms Control by Duncan L. Clarke
- Arms and the Men by Basil Collier
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Wrong Party by Brian Martin, p. 26 - 3 Reviews- Oxbridge Blues, and Other Plays for Television by Frederic Raphael
- Black Tickets by Jayne Anne Phillips
- Prison Bars by Archie Hill
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New Jersey Joe by Nicholas Shrimpton, p. 27 - 1 Review- Loon Lake by E.L. Doctorow
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Princely Pyknic by David Sweetman, p. 28 - 2 Reviews- A Smile in a Mind's Eye by Lawrence Durrell
- Collected Poems, 1931-1974 by Lawrence Durrell and James A. Brigham
- The Pye Radio Awards by Anne Karpf, p. 29
- Recent rock records by Mark Kidel, p. 29
- The original, four-act Importance of Being Earnest by Benedict Nightingale, p. 30
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Films: Boxed-In by John Coleman, p. 31 - 3 Reviews- Sir Henry at Rawlinson End (1980 Film) by Steve Roberts
- Wholly Moses! (1980 Film) by Gary Weis
- Forty Guns (1957 Film) by Samuel Fuller
- Weekend Competition, p. 31
- Chess and Crossword, pp. 32-36
- Cover montage by Michael Bennett
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November 7, 1980 Issue = 32 Articles- Leader, p. 2
- Sit-in at Gardner by Patrick Wintour, p. 3
- UK shipowners and the L200m racist rip-off by Rob Rohrer, p. 4
- Who'll get hurt by the coming U-turn by Peter Kellner, p. 5
- Italy's L1m petrol fraud by Tana de Zulueta, pp. 6-7
- Women workers and union power by Anna Coote, p. 8
- Exclusive poll on women and unions by Peter Kellner, pp. 9-13
- Korea's condemned opposition leader by Donald Kirk, pp. 14-15
- Socialist strategy for the EEC by John Palmer, pp. 16-17
- Defence, Switzerland's non-nuclear deterrent by General Frank Seethaler, pp. 18-19
- Report from Eritrea's battlefront by Dan Connell, pp. 20-21
- London Diary by Tariq Ali, p. 22
- Letters, p. 23
- First Person by Arthur Marshall, p. 24
- Maggielomania by Roger Woddis, p. 24
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White on Black by Colin Bundy, p. 25 - 8 Reviews- The Psychology of Apartheid by Peter Lambley
- Anatomy of Apartheid by H. Lindsay Smith
- Suffer the Future by Robert I. Rotberg
- The Apartheid War Machine
- Maids and Madams by Jacklyn Cock
- Children Under Apartheid
- Justice in South Africa by John Jackson
- Organize or Starve! by Ken Luckhardt
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Four-Hour Week by James Campbell, p. 26 - 3 Reviews- Wise Blood by Flannery O'Connor
- The Violent Bear It Away by Flannery O'Connor
- Everything That Rises Must Converge by Flannery O'Connor
- Once Upon a Time by Ron Butlin, p. 27
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Most Powerful Man by Hugh Brogan, pp. 27-28 - 2 Reviews- The Pulse of Politics by James David Barber
- All Things to All Men by Godfrey Hodgson
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Slave Coast by Brian Martin, p. 29 - 2 Reviews- The Viceroy of Ouidah by Bruce Chatwin
- The Bride of Lowther Fell by Margaret Forster
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Cold Feet in Moscow by Nicholas Shrimpton, p. 30 - 4 Reviews- Winter Garden by Beryl Bainbridge
- Ancestral Vices by Tom Sharpe
- Waiting for the Barbarians by J.M. Coetzee
- The Past by Neil Jordan
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Age of Consent by Maurice Yaffe, p. 31 - 1 Review- Paedophilia: The Radical Case by Tom O'Carroll
- Dream of Waking by Paul Dunbar, p. 31
- Potter, Pasolini & Poujade by Stuart Hood, p. 32
- Not for Laying Down by Julian Barnes, p. 33
- Birtwistle at the BBC College Concerts by Andrew Clements, p. 33
- Lucia at Covent Garden and Arabella at the Coliseum by Peter Conrad, p. 34
- Vanbrugh and Miller at the National by Benedict Nightingale, p. 34
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Films: Dreadlocked by John Coleman, p. 35 - 4 Reviews- Babylon (1980 Film) by Franco Rosso
- Peppermint Soda (1977 Film) by Diane Kurys
- He Knows You're Alone (1980 Film) by Armand Mastroianni
- The Fog (1980 Film) by John Carpenter
- Weekend Competition, p. 36
- Chess and Crossword, pp. 37-40
- Cover photographs by Laurie Sparham and Mark Rusher
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November 14, 1980 Issue = 27 Articles- Leader, p. 2
- How the Tories betrayed the firefighters by Rob Rohrer, p. 3
- Grimsby's own leadership election by Alex Gerlis, p. 4
- The case for an electoral college by Michael Meacher, p. 4
- Michael Foot and the porcupine by Peter Kellner, p. 5
- British Rail makes the going easy for spent nuclear waste by Judith Cook, pp. 6-7
- Whitehall's long indifference to the Rampton scandal by James Cutler, p. 8
- SUPA BUPA makes a killing by Christopher Hird, p. 9
- Poland and the dangers of Scandinavian socialism by Professor Mario Nuti, p. 10
- The risks facing Walesa by Paul Cooper, p. 10
- Reagan and the Octopus by Godfrey Hodgson, pp. 11-13
- Scottish Diary by Rob Edwards, p. 14
- First Person by Arthur Marshall, p. 15
- Best Foot Forward by Roger Woddis, p. 15
- No more firemen by David Caute, p. 16
- Patriarchal attitudes: the 'classics' by Marion Glastonbury, pp. 17-19
- Latency Period by Rosemary Stones, p. 20
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Virile Saviours by John Bayley, p. 21 - 1 Review- Arctic Summer, and Other Fiction by E.M. Forster
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Glow & Haze by Andrew Motion, p. 22 - 2 Reviews- Preoccupations by Seamus Heaney
- Selected Poems, 1965-1975 by Seamus Heaney
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Empty Rhetoric by Christopher Hitchens, pp. 23-24 - 1 Review- Debts of Honour by Michael Foot
- Party Piece by Benedict Nightingale, p. 25
- Art Attack by Julian Barnes, p. 25
- Pissaro: his paintings and his political views by John Spurling, p. 26
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Films: Travesties by John Coleman, p. 27 - 3 Reviews- The Alternative Miss World (1980 Film) by Richard Gayor
- The Island (1980 Film) by Michael Ritchie
- Raise the Titanic (1980 Film) by Jerry Jameson
- A reply to Charles Marowitz by John Willett, p. 27
- Weekend competition and crossword, pp. 28-32
- Cover by Jo Nesbitt
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November 21, 1980 Issue = 26 Articles- Leader, p. 2
- Liberals hit black pupils in Liverpool by Rob Rohrer, p. 2
- Tampon disease arrives in Britain by Elaine Davenport, p. 3
- TUC backs positive action by Anna Coote, p. 3
- Punch-up at the Tory Party conference by Donald Bruce, p. 4
- The rose-tinted spectacles of Thatcher's economics hero by Peter Kellner, p. 5
- Secret documents of Anglo-American foreign policy, pp. 6-7
- Parliament of Fools by Monica Ferman, pp. 8-11
- Political interference in Israeli Television by Rivka Fried, p. 12
- London Diary by Christopher Hitchens, p. 13
- Letters to the editor, p. 14
- First Person by Arthur Marshall, p. 15
- Childish voices by Roger Woddis, p. 15
- To the salt mines? by Rosemary Stones, pp. 16-18
- Picture Post by Henry Tube, p. 19
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Reinventing Love by Pierre Joris, pp. 20-21 - 4 Reviews- Later by Robert Creeley
- Against the Silences by Paul Blackburn
- Grape Notes, Apple Music by Jeff Nuttall
- Carminalenia by Christopher Middleton
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Times Future by Peter Kellner, p. 22 - 2 Reviews- Stop Press by Eric Jacobs
- Goodbye, Gutenberg by Anthony Smith
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Black Mass by Judy Cooke, pp. 22-23 - 6 Reviews- Faust by Robert Nye
- Alice Fell by Emma Tennant
- Scenes from a Receding Past by Aidan Higgins
- Indirect Method, and Other Stories by Francis Henry King
- The Other Side by Stanley Middleton
- Mr. American by George MacDonald Fraser
- Films: A Hundred Flowers by John Coleman, p. 24
- Golding on writing and Lord Mountbatten on himself by Julian Barnes, p. 25
- Michael Andrews at the Hayward by John Spurling, p. 26
- Versions of Tosca by Peter Conrad, p. 26
- The Caretaker re-produced by Benedict Nightingale, p. 27
- Weekend competition and chess, p. 28
- Crossword, pp. 29-32
- Cover by Peter Till
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November 28, 1980 Issue = 30 Articles- Leader, p. 2
- Ripper hunt changes tack by Rob Rohrer, p. 3
- Lord Wilberforce and the writ of habeas corpus by Francis Wheen, p. 4
- The speech Sir Geoffrey should have made by Peter Kellner, p. 5
- Woman workers---victims of apartheid by Anna Coote and Peter Kellner, pp. 6-7
- Science and the defence of Britain by John Beckman, p. 8
- Child benefit goes monthly by Ruth Lister, pp. 8-9
- The death of the British car industry by Patrick Wintour, pp. 10-12
- Celtic Rangers and God by Denis Lehane, p. 13
- Gang of Four: a dissenting view by David Fernbach, pp. 14-15
- Sue your local education authority now by Rick Rogers, p. 16
- London Diary by Christopher Hitchens, p. 17
- Letters to the editor, p. 18
- First Person by Arthur Marshall, p. 19
- Thanksgiving by Roger Woddis, p. 19
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What People do not Want to Hear by Christopher Hitchens, pp. 20-21 - 1 Review- George Orwell by Bernard Crick
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Carrying All Before Her by John Arden, pp. 22-23 - 2 Reviews- The Kemble Era by Linda Kelly
- Sex and Sensibility by Jean H. Hagstrum
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Making Up by Alan Hollinghurst, p. 24 - 3 Reviews- Packages by Richard G. Stern
- The Interceptor Pilot by Kenneth Gangemi
- Sula by Toni Morrison
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Old Testament by Ian Black, p. 25 - 2 Reviews- Communism in the Arab East, 1918-28 by Suliman Bashear
- The Palestine Communist Party 1919-1948 by Musa Budeiri
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A Moral Problem? by Oswyn Murray, pp. 26-27 - 1 Review- Ancient Slavery and Modern Ideology by M.I. Finley
- The devil & the deep blue sea by Paton Walsh, pp. 28-29
- Teen Tales by Gillian Wilce, p. 30
- Recent classical record releases by Andrew Clements, p. 31
- The London Contemporary Dance Theatre by Stephanie Jordan, p. 32
- The Irish Play and Space Ache by Benedict Nightingale, p. 32
- Black Ball Game by Paul Allen, p. 33
- Dallas, Credo, Money, and Premiere by Julian Barnes, p. 33
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Films: Teachers' Pet by John Coleman, p. 34 - 1 Review- The Falls (1980 Film) by Peter Greenaway
- Weekend Competition, p. 34
- Chess and Crossword, pp. 35-40
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December 5, 1980 Issue = 33 Articles- Punishing civil servants who speak out by Patrick Wintour, p. 4
- Free speech victory in Australia, p. 4
- Thatcher's guru comes unstuck by Peter Kellner, p. 5
- Dockyards damage your health by Rob Edwards, p. 6
- Exporting public spending cuts by Christopher Hitchens, pp. 6-7
- Cover Story, p. 8
- Law 'n' order when the bomb drops by Duncan Campbell, p. 9
- The limits of Russian power in Afghanistan by Fred Halliday, p. 10
- Exclusive interview with Polish union leaders by Judy Dempsey, pp. 11-12
- Holland's anti-nuclear soldiers by Martin Cleaver, p. 13
- How the mandarins stay on top by Michael Meacher, pp. 14-15
- Letters to the editor, p. 16
- London Diary by Christopher Hitchens, p. 17
- First Person by Arthur Marshall, p. 18
- Nurse Moolish by Roger Woddis, p. 18
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From Grunwick to Gulag by Ted Honderich, p. 19 - 4 Reviews- On Justice by J.R. Lucas
- Illusions of Equality by David E. Cooper
- Equality by Keith Joseph and Jonathan Sumption
- The Recovery of Freedom by Paul Johnson
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Satellites by David Benedictus, pp. 20-21 - 1 Review- Broadcasting in a Free Society by David James George Hennessy Lord Windlesham
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Hating Directives by Andrew Motion, pp. 22-23 - 5 Reviews- The Illusionists by John Fuller
- Victorian Voices by Anthony Thwaite
- A Night in the Gazebo by Alan Brownjohn
- Englishman's Road by Jeremy Hooker
- Shifting Frontiers by Peter Jay
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Wars of Position & Manoeuvre by Martin Shaw, p. 24 - 3 Reviews- Gramsci and the State by Christine Buci-Glucksmann
- Gramsci's Politics by Anne Showstack Sassoon
- Marxism and Democracy by Alan Hunt
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North of South by Paul Binding, p. 25 - 1 Review- Morgan's Passing by Anne Tyler
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Sound & Fury by Desmond Hogan, p. 26 - 1 Review- The Collected Stories of Sean O'Faolain by Sean O'Faolain
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Death-Rider by John Arden, p. 27 - 2 Reviews- Deep Song and Other Prose by Federico Garcia Lorca
- Lorca: Living in the Theatre by Gwynne Edwards
- What were we arguing about? by Robert Leeson, pp. 28-29
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Early is Best by John Lucas, p. 30 - 1 Review- Collected Short Stories by Kingsley Amis
- Love on the Rocks by Michael Hofmann, p. 30
- Right Angle to the Universe by John Spurling, p. 31
- Films: Magnificent Obsession by John Coleman, p. 32
- People Show by Benedict Nightingale, p. 32
- Mackenzie, Mike Leigh & the Ripper by Julian Barnes, p. 33
- Ry Cooder & Bob Seger by Mark Kidel, p. 34
- Life with Christine by Troy Kennedy Martin, p. 35
- Weekend Competition, p. 35
- Chess & Crossword, pp. 36-40
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December 12, 1980 Issue = 26 Articles- Leader, p. 2
- BR's transport of nuclear waste by Duncan Campbell, p. 3
- Liverpool health authority's unnecessary cuts by Rob Rohrer and Jane Leighton, p. 3
- Lead hazards multiply by Rick Rogers, p. 4
- Bill Rodgers and Michael Foot by Peter Kellner, p. 5
- With the rebels in Afghanistan by Gerard Chaliand, p. 6
- Mrs Thatcher and Mr Haughey meet by Mary Holland, p. 7
- Controversial use of Mental Health Act at Moss Side by Liz Howell, p. 7
- Secret plan for dictatorship in Hong Kong by Duncan Campbell, pp. 8-9
- New technology and the Post Office unions by Patrick Wintour, pp. 10-11
- What makes a Murderer by C.H. Rolph, p. 12
- London Diary by Tariq Ali, p. 13
- Letters to the editor, p. 14
- First Person by Arthur Marshall, p. 15
- Open and shut by Roger Woddis, p. 15
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The Two Voices by Andrew Motion, p. 16 - 1 Review- Tennyson: The Unquiet Heart by Robert Bernard Martin
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The Three Estates by Peter Gordon, pp. 16-17 - 1 Review- Origins and Destinations by A.H. Halsey, A.F. Heath, and J.M. Ridge
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Rites of Passage by Archie Brown, p. 18 - 3 Reviews- Power and the Party by Keith Middlemas
- The Changing Face of Western Communism by David Childs
- Comrades and Christians by David I. Kertzer
- Driving Infidelity by David Sweetman, p. 18
- A Tale of Two Bookshops by Paul Binding, p. 19
- Films: The Right to Know What? by Stuart Hood, p. 20
- Recent jazz records by Charles Fox, p. 21
- Kee's Ireland and Wood's railway journey by Julian Barnes, p. 22
- Class on stage in Not Quite Jerusalem by Benedict Nightingale, p. 22
- Weekend Competition, p. 23
- Chess and Crossword, pp. 24-28
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December 19, 1980 Issue = 34 Articles- The myth of Hong Kong's merchant adventurers by James Bartholomew, p. 2
- The end of council housing by Steve Schifferes, p. 3
- Christmas party in the mole-hole by Duncan Campbell, pp. 4-5
- Who's who in the Afghan resistance by Gerard Chaliand, pp. 6-7
- How much mothers will lose by Jean Coussins, pp. 8-9
- How they killed The Times by Innis MacBeath, pp. 10-11
- The ripper: rape and the moviemakers by Sally Vincent, pp. 12-14
- The Sun's sex lessons by Francis Wheen, p. 15
- London Diary by Christopher Hitchens, p. 16
- Letters to the editor, p. 17
- Christmas crackers by Arthur Marshall, p. 18
- The creative mind: scientists, the bomb and the future by Bruce Page, pp. 19-29
- Alice in Thatcherland by John Minnion and Roger Woddis, pp. 30-31
- The chimpanzee who came to dinner by Hannah Wright, pp. 32-33
- Photo-montagists by Ken Worpole, pp. 34-35
- Jazz---the music of dissent by Ken Worpole, p. 36
- 'Look at this Persian Miniature' by Mark Abley, p. 37
- Depression by Wendy Cope, p. 37
- Night-Life by Ron Butlin, p. 37
- The Primer by Peter Redgrove, p. 37
- The Colonel's Christmas Quiz, pp. 38-39
- Political Theatre 1: On the road by Colin Mortimer, p. 40
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Weapons of Happiness by Benedict Nightingale, pp. 41-44 - 3 Reviews- Stages in the Revolution by Catherine Itzin
- Dreams and Deconstructions by Sandy Craig
- Strike While the Iron Is Hot by Michelene Wandor
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Black Hope by James Campbell, p. 45 - 3 Reviews- The Emigrants by George Lamming
- Season of Adventure by George Lamming
- Voyovic and Other Stories by Niall Quinn
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Sunlight & Chaos by James Lasdun, pp. 45-47 - 2 Reviews- Black Sunlight by Dambudzo Marechera
- Flowers and Shadows by Ben Okri
- Brush up your Christmas by Julian Barnes, p. 48
- Love & Greed by Stephanie Jordan, pp. 48-49
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Films: Mister Bates by John Coleman, pp. 50-51 - 7 Reviews- Stardust Memories (1980 Film) by Woody Allen
- Flash Gordon (1980 Film) by Mike Hodges
- The Dogs of War (1981 Film) by John Irvin
- Any Which Way You Can (1980 Film) by Buddy Van Horn
- Hawk the Slayer (1980 Film) by Terry Marcel
- The Chain Reaction (1980 Film) by Ian Barry
- The Wildcats of St. Trinian's (1980 Film) by Frank Launder
- Tippett's King Priam by Andrew Clements, p. 52
- John Lennon by Mark Kidel, p. 52
- Weekend Competition and Chess, p. 53
- Christmas Crossword, p. 54
- Andrew to Quiz; Salamanca Crossword, pp. 55-60
- Cover photo by Chris Davies
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Issues of 1981 = 26 Issues
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Issues of 1982 = 25 Issues
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Issues of 1983 = 51 Issues
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Issues of 1984 = 52 Issues, 35 Articles
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Issues of 1985 = 51 Issues, 1,887 Articles
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Issues of 1986 = 51 Issues, 1,405 Articles
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Issues of 1987 = 36 Issues
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Issues of 1988 = 36 Issues, 52 Articles
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Issues of 1989 = 12 Issues
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Issues of the 1990s = 2 Years, 41 Issues, 19 Articles-
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Issues of 1990 = 24 Issues, 19 Articles
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Issues of 1993 = 17 Issues