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Exhibitions 2

Britain's First View of China: Lord Macartney's Embassy to the Peking Court (British Museum, till 4 April) Splendid isolation John Henshall T wo hundred years ago, China was a......

Poetry

Happy new ear Michael Horovitz I t has been a communicative year for poetry in Britain on stage, page and record. Though recession has driven some com- mercial publishers to cut......