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Dear Oscar...—More Letters to Writers
Ian Sansom is in the gutter looking at the stars again as he writes to Oscar Wilde.
Dear Mary...—More Letters to Writers
Ian Sansom writes to Frankenstein author, Mary Shelley, to ask her how on earth she coped?
Dear Dante...—More Letters to Writers
Ian Sansom drops a quick line to Dante.
Dear Dante
Ian Sansom drops a quick line to Dante
Dear Mary Shelley
Ian Sansom writes to Frankenstein author, Mary Shelley, to ask her how on earth she coped
Dear Oscar Wilde
Ian Sansom is in the gutter looking at the stars as he writes to Oscar Wilde
Dear William Trevor
Ian Sansom writes to Irish novelist and playwright, William Trevor
Dear Marianne Moore
Ian Sansom writes to poet Marianne Moore and asks her about that tricorn hat
10 Eisenstein—Ten Artists that Shook the World
10/10 Silent movie accompanist Neil Brand reappraises Eisenstein's influential film October.
9 Moisei Ginzburg—Ten Artists that Shook the World
9/10 Political historian Tariq Ali recalls a tour of Constructivist Moscow in the 1980s.
