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The Diplomat's Wife »

The French experience of the Second Gulf War has not been a particularly edifying one in terms of its public image. While the worst that was said of French efforts to prevent the conflict from come to pas—“cheese eating surrender monkeys&rd...

Fri 21 Nov 2008 by Katia Sand, Paris Gourtsoyannis | Read more »

Gutenberg's Endgame »

Google Books

On the sixth day, God created man and he saw that it was good. On the eighth day, God created the internet and students everywhere rejoiced. They can order food, alcohol, organise their social lives and even read lectures online. Until now, however, on...

Sun 09 Nov 2008 by Alice French | Read more »

'Trainspotting' prequel to complete Edinburgh cult fiction series »

Trainspotting

15 years after his debut novel Trainspotting sold over 1m copies, Irvine Welsh has announced plans to write its prequel.The Edinburgh-born author is to publish a novella providing the early background of the principle characters in Trainspotting, Welsh...

Wed 26 Mar 2008 by Hamish Fergusson | Read more »

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