This deceptively slim novel about blokes at a pub vinyl night could be read as a disguised retelling of the Russian revolution, or any great human falling out
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Since its closure last month, the Carnegie Library in Lambeth has been under peaceful occupation – but the council’s response to the message of defiance has been patchy
Born in 1900, Muriel Litt was at convent school on the Belgian border when she witnessed the outbreak of the first world war. Her account was published all over the world
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Toby Litt, who was astounded by writing that manages to turn a laidback musician into a first-class narrator
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