The recording of the lines on a map marking streets and buildings might seem mechanical, but it is in fact an intensely political, contested process.
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Book Review: R. Crumb’s Heroes of Blues, Jazz & Country
Cartoonist R. Crumb’s trading card series of blues, jazz and country tributes get reprinted in a single volume.
Read More »Interview: Author Guy Gavriel Kay
Talking things over with one of North America's most innovative writers.
Read More »Exhibition Review: Chola Bronzes at the Royal Academy, London
This is art at its peak!
Read More »Book Review: The Worst Hard Time by Timothy Egan
An award-winning book looks at the people and communities that struggled to survive the Dust Bowl years.
Read More »Compassion: The Forgotten Word
We've been lucky so far, but luck can change for the worse at any time and anywhere.
Read More »Book Review: The Dream of Scipio by Iain Pears
What can one person do in the midst of a collapsing society?
Read More »Book Review: Ysabel by Guy Gavriel Kay
...one of his best works yet.
Read More »Canadian Politics: Mohawk Land Claims Being Ignored Again
If you buy stolen property what kind of compensation do you usually get?
Read More »Book Review: Sovereign by CJ Sansom
While Edith Pargeter's Brother Cadfael lived in a neat, just-desserts world, Master Shardlake's is altogether messier -- morally and physically.
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