Daniel Defoe

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Opera found itself at the centre of a struggle between internationalism and Englishness

Chris Johns: Forecasts provide a buffer against inconvenient uncertainty

Perhaps with our new-found awareness of the fragility of forecasts, we can use them in more productive ways

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Bandon-born children’s writer LT Meade’s ‘Four on an Island’ shares similarities with Enid Blyton’s ‘Five on a Treasure Island’, published 50 years later

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Norman Freeman got a taste for maritime yarns studying for his radio officer’s certificate in Kevin Street. As his own book comes out, he explores the classics of the tradition

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