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   'Explosions in the Dark': A. L. Barker

   A brilliant short story writer and winner of the first ever Somerset Maugham Prize, A. L. Barker was relatively unheralded, often confused with the 'other Pat Barker'. But she had many admirers and was, in the view of Francis King, more than the equal of the likes of Muriel Spark and V. S. Pritchett. More

2. 'Poets Aren't Often Boxers': The Unconventional Vernon Scannell

   Andrew Taylor pays tribute to Vernon Scannell, and describes his most unconventional progression to becoming a poet. More

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   'Sometimes the worst prisons we build are not made of stone ...'

   James Bradley, author of the 'Richard and Judy Summer Read' The Resurrectionist talks corpses, autopsies and the sinister streets of Georgian London. More

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   'The Big Chill': Francis Bennett's 'Making Enemies'

   When Making Enemies (the first volume in Francis Bennett's Cold War trilogy) was first published it attracted a rave review in the Daily Mail from Phillip Knightley. As the author of the best book on spying in the 20th century, The Second Oldest Profession, this was praise indeed. More

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   A Doctor's Life: A Father's Diaries

   Hugh Selbourne's Diaries from the early 1960s provide a fascinating insight into the worlds of medicine, patients and society as a whole, but also into the mind of a man and father who was physician, bibliophile and diarist. Now reissued in Faber Finds, here David Selbourne reminds us of its appeal, shedding light on why it has become an enduring favourite for many, including Hilary Mantel. More

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   A Few Questions With ...

   Willy Vlautin answers our questions ... More

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   A Portrait of Enoch Powell by Simon Heffer

   Simon Heffer's 1998 biography Like the Roman is still considered to be the definitive study of Enoch Powell, one of the twentieth century's most uncompromising and controversial politicians. In return for being granted unrestricted access, the biographer had to agree to certain conditions - notably, he couldn't publish the book until after its subject's death. More

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   A Unique London Event featuring Seamus Heaney

   To mark the publication of Stepping Stones, Dennis O'Driscoll's interviews with Seamus Heaney, Faber presents a special London event at the Wyndham's Theatre featuring Heaney and O'Driscoll in conversation with Mark Lawson about Heaney's life and work. More

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   A Vanishing Age Visible Again

   Simon Garfield, author of many books including Our Hidden Lives, We Are At War and Private Battles: How the War Defeated Us - all written in collaboration with Mass Observation - here reveals how every new visit to the MO Archive at Sussex University meant the discovery of more new treasures. More

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    A. E. Housman: The Scholar Poet

    It was 30 years ago, as a much younger writer, that Richard Perceval Graves published his biography of A. E. Housman - a publication that had its fortunes revived by a Philip Larkin review. In a new introduction, a much older and wiser biographer reflects on the enduring qualities of the work. More