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When I was about 12 years old, I read Alan Coren's parody of Hemingway, "The Pooh Also Rises". "Pooh got up and he went out into the snow and he went to see Piglet. Piglet had been one of the great ones, once. Piglet had been one of the poujadas, one of

I NOTICED that Tristram Hunt is very keen that we celebrate the life and achievements of Charles Dickens whose 200th birthday falls this coming February. I applaud this sentiment. However, I also feel that we should mark another individual who was born i

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