First Impressions
This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a book about the working class: "'The Bottoms' succeeded to 'Hell Row'." The winner receives a £25...
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End of a polar pantomime
Max Jones reconsiders the roles of the Antarctic/Arctic adventurers. The extension of the National Maritime Museum's exhibition on the race to the South Pole testifies to a contemporary fascination...
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Two hours to change lives
Cassavetes on Cassavetes - John Cassavetes
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Lost somewhere between Mel's mullet and Heaven's Gate
The Rough Guide to Cult Movies
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Angry old man searching for the astonishing
Bertrand Tavernier
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The darling of foreign film studies
A Spanish Labyrinth
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Myths not maps make a nation's borders
Masters of All They Surveyed
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Britannia is forever in 007's film world
The Politics of James Bond
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Odyssey of an Asian auteur
Lester James Peries
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One part king of comedy, one part establishment stooge
Cantinflas and the Chaos of Mexican Modernity
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Pill that sapped the pope's power
Sexual Chemistry
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Genius failed to find human touch
The Man who Found the Missing Link
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Open your mind to a nutty idea
Ways of Knowing
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Strata Smith, the story of an unsung rock star
The Map that Changed the World
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Drinkable bark that lost its touch
The Fever Trail