classic books
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How ‘The Tibetan Book of the Dead’ gives a compelling Buddhist perspective on death
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When classic stories get reinvented, can they ever be a success? Five get reviewed
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How a new theatre production pulls George Orwell’s ‘Animal Farm’ into the era of Trumpism
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Satyajit Ray centenary: Professor Shonku’s world no longer exists. Can he still cast a spell?
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Revisiting ‘The Descent of Man’: Darwin’s 150-year-old classic on sex, race and our ape ancestry
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To admire Daphne du Maurier, the novel we must read is not ‘Rebecca’ but ‘My Cousin Rachel’
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Sherlock Holmes and the forged Stradivari violin: Did we miss a vital clue for 130 years?