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Bernard Saint gives his eulogy for John Heath-Stubbs and James Sutherland-Smith discusses the critical essays of Geoffrey Hill. Matthew Kieran argues for the forbidden pleasures of art and Richard Cork revists the painting of David Bomberg. Patrick Duncombe interviews J.P. Donleavy, George Rafael reviews a new biography of Marcel Proust and Rima Devereaux wanders through Orhan Pamuk's memories of Istanbul. Fiction by Niel Ferguson, Rafe McGregor, Stephen Mark Cox & Michael Rumble. FICTION 'Archaeology', Neil Ferguson 'Letter from the Helmand', Rafe McGregor 'The Dead Girl on the Tube', Stephen Mark Cox 'Fantasy', Michael Rumble POETRY 'First Time', Derek Stanford 'Marabou', Nikos Kavvadias, trans. Simon Darragh 'Kindertransport', George Szirtes ''From Iberian Clichés' & 'The Resurrection of the Body', Michael Schmidt 'Make Way' & 'The China Kingfisher', Alan Morrison 'Vacation House', Anne Redmon 'Africa' & 'Gift', Rosalynde Price 'Backward Glance' & 'Honourable Member', Christopher Brewer 'Stream Moonset in Autumn', Winter Sleep', 'Making Tea', 'The Way Forward', 'The Statue at the Square', 'In the Bog', 'The Progress of Human Civilization' & seven aphorisms, Changming Yuan 'Bluewater', Paul Groves 'The Face', Julian Farmer 'Awakening', Shanta Acharya 'From the Smokery', Peter Carpenter 'October', Phil Kirby 'Life Class', Glyn Hughes FEATURES Eulogy for John Heath-Stubbs by Bernard Saint Patrick Duncombe interviews J.P. Donleavy 'Forbidden Pleasures', Matthew Kieran 'Bomberg and the Borough Group', Richard Cork 'Geoffrey Hill's Essays', James Sutherland-Smith REVIEWS Nigel McLoughlin on Po Chu-I and Jeremy Hooker Michael Husle on Robert Gray David Andrew Platzer on Zachary Leader's biography of Kingsley Amis Duncan Bush on Gail Jones Eva Tucker on Peter Carey Kim Thomas on Margaret Atwood George Rafael on Richard Davenport-Hines Rima Devereaux on Orhan Pamuk Cover: Toledo from the Alcazar, David Bomberg (1929, oil on canvas)
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