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12 Sep 2014:What happened to our trains? All aboard the Golden Arrow – for an enjoyable nostalgic journey conducted by eminent 'railwayac' Andrew Martin. By Kathryn Hughes
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11 Sep 2014: In few other places is the gulf so wide between what is said and what is done, writes James Buchan
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11 Sep 2014:
A swash-buckling account that begins with the origin of the species and ends with post-humans, writes Galen Strawson
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10 Sep 2014: Pioneer in the study of African history who highlighted native perspectives and the complexities of colonial-era change
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10 Sep 2014:
Author Barnaby Phillips chooses fiction and non-fiction that shows an often caricatured nation in all its rich variety
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8 Sep 2014:
Erical Buist: The Polish hairdresser has been ‘definitively’ identified as Jack the Ripper thanks to DNA evidence gathered from a victim’s shawl. But who does that let off the hook?
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8 Sep 2014: Edward E Baptist: This is what happens when racism goes viral. This is why, somehow, it still can
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5 Sep 2014: This collection of essays first appeared in 1986 but it remains a relevant and fascinating exploration of the myths of a nation. By PD Smith
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4 Sep 2014:
Bad behaviour, pan‑European politics and a rich, inward life – a queen is reinterpreted in this shimmering new biography. By Kathryn Hughes
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3 Sep 2014:
Henry VIII's faithful servant will always remain mysterious, but Tracy Borman's study makes clear his achievements, both admirable and despicable. By Diarmaid MacCulloch
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2 Sep 2014:
UK's premier non-fiction award includes six contenders in the first-person genre among this year's finalists
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31 Aug 2014:
Historian who showed how the law became relevant to ordinary people in the aftermath of the English civil war
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29 Aug 2014: From Aztec etiquette to Victorian cookery books, food historian Ken Albala presents a truly global collection of recipes and writing
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28 Aug 2014: How has fiction changed down the ages? This ambitious study is fascinating on the great novelists but fails to capture the inner life of the form, writes Philip Hensher
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28 Aug 2014:
Janice Hadlow has written a fascinating, story-filled account of a claustrophobic and dysfunctional home life – in the palace. By Jenny Uglow
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