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Science

The first balloonists transformed our view of the world

Jennifer Tucker / 7 Dec 2019

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Books

The Summer Isles - A Voyage of the Imagination review

Alastair Benn / 7 Dec 2019

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Music

Music and more at Kettle's Yard

John Freeman / 7 Dec 2019

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Opera

Lavish production distracts from Philip Glass's painfully dull score

Gerald Malone / 7 Dec 2019

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Books

Bowie brought to book

Alexander Larman / 7 Dec 2019

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Life

Diary: Dire Corbyn clearly wants to lose

Emily Hill / 7 Dec 2019

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Sport

Mastering the art of captaincy

Allan Massie / 7 Dec 2019

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Music

Lost Classic - The Last Waltz

Mattie Brignal / 7 Dec 2019

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Music

Review - Michael Tippett: The Biography by Oliver Soden

Charles Grant / 30 Nov 2019