Frank Kermode: Palaces of memory
Literary critic Frank Kermode died this week at the age of 90. Writing for Index on Censorship in 2001, he discussed memory and biography
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UAE: BlackBerry ban is a sign of elite’s unease
The leaders of the Emirates are nervous of an Iranian-style uprising, says Christopher Davidson
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Looking for America
Talk radio is the right-wing’s battleground for the soul of the USA, but Joe Queenan isn’t listening
Documentary’s legal battles reveal ugly truth
In a self-preserving news blackout, the mainstream media proved the central point of the Starsuckers documentary: their “behaviour is monstrously hypocritical”. Judith Townend reports
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