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On the morning of 1 September 2004, children and teachers all over Russia were getting ready for the first day of the new school year.
So begins Timothy Phillips’ account of the terrible siege of School No. 1 in Beslan, North Ossetia.

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This week’s podcast features Tom McCarthy, author of Tintin and the Secret of Literature.
Tom has recently come to prominence as a novelist and his book, Remainder, has been acclaimed on both sides of the Atlantic. But in Tintin he shows he also possesses a sharp (and playful) critical mind into the bargain.

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If mention of Vienna makes you think of Mozart, cream cakes and Gemütlichkeit, John Leake’s new book may make you think again.
John Leake is a young Texan writer who found himself living in Vienna. The city captivated his imagination (his favourite film is The Third Man) and he soon began searching around for […]

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