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A look at great reads from the editor of the Times Literary Supplement. This week: the books soldiers take to war, how the French resistance was paid for, and what makes good music.

8:05 PM | Nov 18, 2009
The Best of Brit Lit

The Best of Brit Lit

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A look at great reads from the editor of the Times Literary Supplement. This week: the harrowing true story of discovering the Northwest Passage, the British art of political sketches, and myth and fairytales in British history.

9:21 PM | Nov 11, 2009
The Best of Brit Lit

The Best of Brit Lit

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A look at great reads from the editor of the Times Literary Supplement. This week: a great forgotten British poet, Afghanistan's natural state, and a new selection of Hugo von Hofmannsthal.

9:01 PM | Nov 4, 2009
The Best of Brit Lit

The Best of Brit Lit

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A look at great reads from the editor of the Times Literary Supplement. This week: Maggie Thatcher's concerns over German reunification and diplomatic etiquette for the digital age

12:09 AM | Oct 30, 2009
The Best of Brit Lit

The Best of Brit Lit

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A look at great reads from the editor of the Times Literary Supplement. This week, a book on C.S. Lewis's planetary inspiration, artists' self-portraits, and Trotsky's revolutionary life.

10:15 PM | Oct 21, 2009
The Best of Brit Lit

The Best of Brit Lit

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A look at great reads from the editor of the Times Literary Supplement. This week: a new biography of Charles Dickens, the real Brideshead family, and an Anglo-Saxon treasure hoard.

10:38 PM | Oct 18, 2009
The Best of Brit Lit

The Best of Brit Lit

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A look at great reads from the editor of the Times Literary Supplement. This week: Somerset Maugham's wild sexuality, how snakes help us see, and the importance of literary mags.

7:59 PM | Oct 8, 2009
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The Best of Brit Lit

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A look at great reads from the editor of the Times Literary Supplement. This week: Cicero's ghostwriter, art plunder in ancient times, and the complexities of space travel.

9:58 PM | Sep 30, 2009
The Best of Brit Lit

The Best of Brit Lit

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A look at great reads from the editor of the Times Literary Supplement. This week: British imperialism reconsidered, a revolutionary Australian train, and William Golding's dark past.

10:41 PM | Sep 23, 2009
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A look at great reads from the editor of the Times Literary Supplement. This week: Harold Evans and the newspaper life, Rilke's lover, and a new life of Muriel Spark.

10:24 PM | Sep 16, 2009
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