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What are the best British buildings of the last century? And do the critics’ favourites match those of the people, asks Simon Jenkins
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Gallery: Drawn from 500 years of archives in the library at the American Museum of Natural History, this book documents the often fantastical creatures that were believed to be living in the depths of the sea – be they horses with webbed feet or stunningly rendered octopuses
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Jimmy Carter’s energy policy, stadium rock, the death of Mao, fall of the Shah, The Sweeney and Roy of the Rovers feature as hot topics among Ian Plenderleith’s recommended reads
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Summerfield’s profoundly sad and beautiful photographs document two lives drawing to a close together, writes Sean O’Hagan
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Nicholas Lezard’s paperback of the week: Compact yet enormous in scope, this reissued guide to the capital has never been bettered
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‘What kind of artist are you?’ Cindy Sherman, Damien Hirst and Ai Weiwei rub shoulders in Sarah Thornton’s take on the art world. By Marion Coutts
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