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My hero Cy Twombly by Edmund de Waal
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Critical eye: book reviews roundup
The Lore of the Playground by Steve Roud and Decoded by Jay-Z
Features & reviews p4
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The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾ by Sue Townsend
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Listen to This by Alex Ross – review
Features & reviews p5
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Books for giving: stocking fillers – reviews
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Food books for giving - review
Features & reviews p6
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Photography books for Christmas - review
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Et cetera: Steven Poole's non-fiction choice – reviews roundup
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Celebrity memoirs for Christmas - review
John Dugdale discerns some palpable hits among the celebrity memoir duds
Features & reviews p7
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The year in poetry – reviews
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The best of the fiction year – review
Justine Jordan rounds up our critics' recommendations
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Sue Arnold's audiobook choice – reviews
Features & reviews p8
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Comfort and Joy by India Knight – review
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Eric Brown's science fiction roundup – reviews
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Grandville Mon Amour by Bryan Talbot – review
Features & reviews p9
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Chinua Achebe: A life in writing
Features & reviews p10
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Ten of the best: handkerchiefs
Features & reviews p11
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Nature writing roundup – review
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Favourite books for Christmas – review
Features & reviews p12
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Rupture by Simon Lelic – review
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Rivers of Gold by Hugh Thomas – review
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Birdhouse by Anna Woodford – review
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Eadweard Muybridge by Marta Braun – review
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The Golem by Gustav Meyrink – review
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Secret Britain: The Hidden Bits of Our History by Justin Pollard - review
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Only This Room by Kerry Hardie – review
Features & reviews p13
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Wagner's Tannhäuser
Features & reviews p14
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Night and the City: Soho on celluloid
Features & reviews p15
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Mr and Mrs R and the Christmas Card List
Features & reviews p16
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