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American beauty, American horror

Three of the year’s most acclaimed novels ask fundamental questions of the United States

16/06/2017

Three of the year’s most acclaimed novels ask fundamental questions of the United States

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David Patrikarakos's Nuclear Iran: The Birth of an Atomic State was shortlisted for International Affairs Book of the Year at the Political Book awards, and selected as a New York Times Editors' Choice and a Sunday Times Must Read
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Syria Notes is published by the Secretariat of the All-Party Parliamentary Group Friends of Syria. Syria Notes is not an official publication of the House of Commons or the House of Lords, and it has not been approved by either House or its committees. All-Party Parliamentary Groups are informal groups of Members of both Houses with a common interest in particular issues. The views expressed in Syria Notes are those of the group or of individual contributors. www.appgfriendsofsyria.org
Syria Notes is published by the Secretariat of the All-Party Parliamentary Group Friends of Syria. Syria Notes is not an official publication of the House of Commons or the House of Lords, and it has not been approved by either House or its committees. All-Party Parliamentary Groups are informal groups of Members of both Houses with a common interest in particular issues. The views expressed in Syria Notes are those of the group or of individual contributors. www.appgfriendsofsyria.org
Houman Barekat is a book critic based in London. His reviews have appeared in the Times Literary Supplement, the Spectator, Literary Review, the Irish Times and elsewhere. He is co-editor (with Robert Barry and David Winters) of The Digital Critic: Literary Culture Online, forthcoming from O/R Books. 
Houman Barekat is a book critic based in London. His reviews have appeared in the Times Literary Supplement, the Spectator, Literary Review, the Irish Times and elsewhere. He is co-editor (with Robert Barry and David Winters) of The Digital Critic: Literary Culture Online, forthcoming from O/R Books. 

The poetry of the periodic table

16/06/2017

This is an edited transcript of a talk that took place at Birmingham’s Think Tank in November 2016 as part of Little Atoms’ Two Cultures series, supported by Arts Council England.

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