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Focus: The strange death of Aleksandr Dolmatov

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PUBLISHED: April 4, 2013
LENGTH: 18 minutes (4588 words)
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Late author and screenwriter Ben Hecht wrote this account as part of an unfinished biography of Mickey Cohen in 1958-9. It is published here by permission of his widow, Rose Hecht.I am full of…
LENGTH: 3 minutes (975 words)
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Why sex could be history

Aarathi Prasad: 'Having a child in a place that’s not in your body is not necessarily bad for bonding.’ Photograph: Sarah Lee for the Guardian Over tea at her north London home, Aarathi Prasad is…
PUBLISHED: Aug. 17, 2012
LENGTH: 9 minutes (2257 words)

American Mozart

So here is the president of the United States, enjoying canapés and small talk at Daniel, chef Daniel Boulud’s gourmet restaurant just off Park Avenue, with the right touch of…
LENGTH: 7 minutes (1951 words)

How one man escaped from a North Korean prison camp

His first memory is an execution. He walked with his mother to a wheat field, where guards had rounded up several thousand prisoners. The boy crawled between legs to the front row, where he saw…
PUBLISHED: March 16, 2012
LENGTH: 19 minutes (4954 words)

William Golding's crisis

On the evening of 12 April 1967, in the cosy sitting room of his cottage in Bowerchalke, near Salisbury, the novelist William Golding and his family settled down next to the radio to listen to the…
PUBLISHED: March 11, 2012
LENGTH: 9 minutes (2458 words)

The Mystery of the Millionaire Metaphysician

The search for an amateur philosopher In the July/August 2001 issue of the late, great magazine Lingua Franca, James Ryerson published an enthralling article about an anonymous benefactor who was…
PUBLISHED: Feb. 10, 2012
LENGTH: 22 minutes (5646 words)

Björk’s Big Bang

Björk performing in New York on February 18.  (Photo: Pari Dukovic) It’s tempting to imagine yourself crossing over the threshold of Björk’s home and into a magical…
PUBLISHED: Feb. 26, 2012
LENGTH: 3 minutes (809 words)
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