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27 Aug 2014: From Nabokov to Woolf to Coetzee, novelist Jonathan Gibbs selects the best imaginary lives presented as the real thing -
10 Aug 2014: From the Jesus and Mary Chain to the literary sensation of the moment, Norwegian Karl Ove Knausgaard, we bring you the highlights of the second day of the festival
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10 Aug 2014:
Why celebrity role models are OK, smartphones are not, and we should all be more biased than the BBC. An hour of philosophical crowd-pleasing distilled into key quotes
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25 Jun 2014:
Pop art is the latest target for De Botton's omnivorous attentions in this week's tongue-in-cheek look at the art world from Peter Duggan
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12 Jun 2014: John Ryley says news providers do not ‘shape’ people’s views, also dismissing argument that rolling news channels are outmoded. By Mark Sweney
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28 May 2014:
Illustrator Peter Duggan takes a tongue-in-cheek tour of the philosopher's Rijksmuseum exhibition – where giant Post-it labels add thoughtful context to Old Masters. But these art lovers aren't quite getting the point…
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27 May 2014: They can write books, but can they tweet? Here are 10 authors you should follow
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25 May 2014:
Geoff Dyer observes the privations and discipline of US warship life with a sharp eye, writes Tim Adams
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24 May 2014:
Nick Cohen: Alain de Botton's homilies in the Rijksmuseum are proof positive that old Europe is dead
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2 May 2014: Letters: Wilson's creation is just the latest example of a trend towards gigantism in modern public
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25 Apr 2014:
Alain de Botton gives the Guardian a tour of his controversial exhibition, Art is Therapy, at the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
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Video
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18 Apr 2014:
The actor and comedian analyses the newspapers to give you the truth behind the headlines
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19 Feb 2014:
The news - noisy, self-important and often pointless? By Jeremy Paxman
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9 Feb 2014:
John Crace reduces the writer and philosopher's foray into the world of newspapers and media to a more manageable 600 words
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9 Feb 2014:
Alain de Botton's ideas about what constitutes the news are stimulating and infuriating in equal measure, writes Peter Preston
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