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November 29, 1985 Issue - 46 ArticlesHome
- Police powers
Jolyon Jenkins
, p. 8 - The Left's secret Thatcherites
Peter Kellner
, p. 9 - Where are our nukes?
Duncan Campbell
, pp. 10-13 - Tories and gay men
Andrew Lumsden
, p. 14 - SERPS
Christian Wolmar
, p. 15 - Ireland
Colm Toibin
, p. 15 - Liverpool
Ian Williams
, pp. 16-17 Foreign
- Will they free Nelson Mandela?
Howard Barrell
, p. 20 - Spies
Claudia Wright
, p. 21 - Vatican
T.M. Pasca
, p. 22 Weekend
- Why is Nigeria corrupt?
Adewale Maja-Pearce
, pp. 26-27 Books
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Legends or lives (3 Reviews) David Lancaster
, p. 28 The Other Side of the Moon, by Sheridan Morley
- The Other Side of the Moon by Sheridan Morley
- Blessings in Disguise by Alec Guinness
- Orson Welles: A Biography by Barbara Leaming
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Notes of native sons (2 Reviews) Clive Davis
, p. 29 The Price of the Ticket, by James Baldwin
- The Price of the Ticket by James Baldwin
- Brothers and Keepers by John Edgar Wideman
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Fiction (4 Reviews) Ben Okri
, p. 30 Makers of magic
- The Devil's Church and Other Stories by Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis
- Learning to Swim, and Other Stories by Graham Swift
- Under the Banyan Tree by R.K. Narayan
- Oriental Tales by Marguerite Yourcenar
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Unknown, remembered (Review) Geoff Dyer
, p. 31 Reflections on the White Bird, by John Berger
- Reflections on the White Bird by John Berger
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Words about pictures (5 Reviews) John Spurling
, pp. 32-33 Patterns of Intention, by Michael Baxandall
- Patterns of Intention by Michael Baxandall
- The Enigma of Piero by Carlo Ginzburg
- Rembrandt: His Life, His Paintings by Gary Schwartz
- Vincent by Himself by Vincent Van Gogh and Bruce Bernard
- The Bayeux Tapestry by David M. Wilson
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A history of inflation (Review) Michael Hofmann
, p. 34 The Collected Letters of Dylan Thomas, by Paul Ferris and Dylan Thomas
- The Collected Letters of Dylan Thomas by Paul Ferris and Dylan Thomas
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Fiction (5 Reviews) Glyn Hughes
, p. 34 In a strange land
- Home Truths by Mavis Gallant
- Mum and Mr Armitage by Beryl Bainbridge
- Davies by David Constantine
- The Discus Throwers by Tom Wakefield
- Easy Stages by Peter Robins
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Ways of life (4 Reviews) Nicci Gerrard
, p. 35 The Envoy from Mirror City, by Janet Frame
- The Envoy from Mirror City by Janet Frame
- Singin' and Swingin' and Gettin' Merry Like Christmas by Maya Angelou
- In My Own Name by Sharan-Jeet Shan
- Part of My Soul Went With Him by Winnie Mandela
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Typecast (Review) Rupert Christiansen
, p. 36 The Letters of Ann Fleming, by Mark Amory and Ann Fleming
- The Letters of Ann Fleming by Mark Amory and Ann Fleming
- War on want
James Simmons
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Shorter reviews (3 Reviews) , p. 38 -
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Review Commonplace Book, by E.M. Forster and Philip G... (Review) Alan Hurst
, p. 38 - Commonplace Book by E.M. Forster and Philip Gardner
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Review Orwell: The War Commentaries, by W.J. West and... (Review) Graham Field
, p. 38 - Orwell: The War Commentaries by W.J. West and George Orwell
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Review Amritsar: Mrs. Gandhi's Last Battle, by Mark T... (Review) Dilip Hiro
, p. 38 - Amritsar: Mrs. Gandhi's Last Battle by Mark Tully and Satish Jacob
Arts
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Films: Courting disaster (4 Reviews) John Coleman
, p. 39 Agony (1981 Film), by Elem Klimov
- Agony (1981 Film) by Elem Klimov
- When Father Was Away on Business (1985 Film) by Emir Kusturica
- The Goonies (1985 Film) by Richard Donner
- Santa Claus - The Movie (1985 Film) by Jeannot Szwarc
- Housing co-ops
Jules Lubbock
, p. 40 - Music
Biba Kopf
, pp. 40-41 - Barcelona
John Spurling
, p. 42 - Edgar and Jellicoe in Dorchester
Benedict Nightingale
, p. 43 Backchat
- By bike from Beijing
Madeleine Harmsworth
, p. 44 - Work in progress
Naseem Khan
, p. 45 - Television
Hugo Williams
, p. 45 - Weekend competition, p. 46
- Crossword, pp. 46-50
- Cover drawing
Leon Kuhn
Plus
- Cartoon
Ralph Steadman
, p. 8 - Mediawatch
Francis Wheen
, p. 18 - Slump, p. 18
- Diary
Islander
, p. 19 - Cartoon
Roger Woddis
, p. 19 - This England, pp. 22-23
- Cartoon
John Minnion
, p. 24 - Viewpoint
Ros Coward
, p. 25 - Cartoon
Janis Goodman
, p. 51 - Chess
George Botterill
, p. 51 - Quiz, pp. 51-52