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Navigation Must Be Taught

Andrew Barrow T he author of this pamphlet-size book has for a long time been an influential figure behind the scenes — or on the mar- gin — of contemporary life. He has long......

You Are What You Read

Tom Hiney ADVENTURES IN CAPITALISM by Toby Litt Secker, £12.99, pp. 228 After I won the Lottery and jacked in my job at the Lab, I decided, in a spirit of scientific enquiry, to......

Reckless Actions, Terribly Punished

Ian Buruma HUNGRY GHOSTS: CHINA'S SECRET FAMINE by Jasper Becker John Murray, £19.99, pp. 352 I t takes a peculiar talent, a kind of lunatic imagination, and a moral blindness......