Why Marx Was Right by Terry Eagleton – 50 Years in 50 Books
Why Marx was Right was first published in 2011. Terry Eagleton makes the argument against Marx’s irrelevancy; asking…
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How to Enjoy Art by Ben Street – 50 Years in 50 Books
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In Search of the River Jordan
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Henry III’s Westminster Abbey as a Coronation Church
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King Æthelstan – Sarah Foot
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Tracking Down Eighteenth-Century Optimists and Pessimists – By Penelope J. Corfield
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Stalin: A Reading List
Joseph Stalin led the Soviet Union from 1924 until his death in 1953 in a reign marked by…
Candlemas: An Extract from ‘The Stripping of the Altars’
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The Story of Robert Burns
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