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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: Somerset Maugham's wild sexuality, how snakes help us see, and the importance of literary mags.

7:59 PM | Oct 8, 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: 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
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 Booker Prize, hairy Renaissance women, and the British abroad.

11:16 PM | Sep 9, 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: Alice Munro's breakthrough masterpiece, the times are still a-changing for Dylan, and Samuel Johnson at 300.

6:50 AM | Aug 29, 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: hedge-funders exposed, 900 Victorian novels in brief, and the modernist in Arnold Bennett.

6:48 AM | Aug 20, 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: science for fun and profit, Stalin's right-hand men, and Elizabethan players on holiday.

6:04 AM | Aug 13, 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 real Mary Magdalene, a very Orwellian Orwell, and faking science, history, and religion.

6:20 AM | Aug 6, 2009
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