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May 24, 1985 Issue - 40 Articles- News, pp. 4-6
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- Dear David...Love Neil
Peter Kellner
, p. 7 - A new socialist agenda
Peter Hain
, p. 8 - Comrades at arms
Sarah Benton
, pp. 9-10 - A lesson in alienation
Andy Pollak
, p. 11 - Mrs Thatcher's ghost dance
George Edwards
, pp. 12-13 - Bradford's test case
Helen Jacobus
, p. 14 - Restrictive practices
Ole Hansen
, p. 15 Foreign
- Papal blessing for the contras
Terry Tastard
, p. 18 - Canadian Conundrum
John Honderich
, p. 19 - Badinter presses on reformings
Nicholas Bell
, pp. 20-23 Weekend
- Men---isn't it time the second gender learned to talk?
John Bowen
, pp. 26-28 Books
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Values (Review) Peter Dormer
, p. 29 Images of God, by Peter Fuller
- Images of God by Peter Fuller
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Fiction: Novels (4 Reviews) Sheila MacLeod
, p. 29 Twisted tongues
- The Hustler by John Henry Mackay
- The Sea-Crossed Fisherman by Yashar Kemal
- The Secret Life of Saeed the Pessoptimist by Emile Habiby
- The Modern Common Wind by Don Bloch
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Fiction: Stories (3 Reviews) Liz Heron
, p. 30 Glasgow-getters
- Lean Tales by James Kelman, Agnes Owens, and Alasdair Gray
- Streets of Stone by Moira Burgess and Hamish Whyte
- The Sound of Hooves by Bryan Macmahon
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Assumptions (Review) Geoff Dyer
, p. 31 The Painted Witch, by Edwin B. Mullins
- The Painted Witch by Edwin B. Mullins
- Bastille market
Michael Bayley
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My enemy's enemies (7 Reviews) Alan Brien
, p. 32 The Mystery of Dr. Fu-Manchu, by Sax Rohmer
- The Mystery of Dr. Fu-Manchu by Sax Rohmer
- The Estate of the Beckoning Lady by Margery Allingham
- The Enormous Shadow by Robert Harling
- The Dark Red Star by Ivan Ruff
- Watching the Detectives by Julian Rathbone
- The Suburbs of Hell by Randolph Stow
- Candido: Or, Dream Dreamed in Sicily by Leonardo Sciascia
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Review Sinatra: An American Classic, by John Rockwell (Review) David Lancaster
, p. 33 - Sinatra: An American Classic by John Rockwell
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Review Pig in the Middle, by Desmond Hamill (Review) Conor Ryan
, p. 33 - Pig in the Middle by Desmond Hamill
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Review The Right to Know, by Floyd Abrams and Michael... (Review) Mark Benney
, p. 33 - The Right to Know by Floyd Abrams and Michael Kirby
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Liberal apostate (Review) Michael Heffernan
, p. 34 A Path from Rome, by Anthony J.P. Kenny
- A Path from Rome by Anthony J.P. Kenny
Arts
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Films: Disarming (5 Reviews) John Coleman
, p. 34 Witness (1985 Film), by Peter Weir
- Witness (1985 Film) by Peter Weir
- The Chain (1984 Film) by Jack Gold
- A Private Conversation (1983 Film) by Nikita Mikhalkov
- Wild Geese II (1985 Film) by Peter R. Hunt
- Matter of Heart (1985 Film) by Mark Whitney
- Approaches to Shakespeare
Benedict Nightingale
, p. 35 - Rock
Barney Hoskyns
, p. 36 - Bleasdale's Elvis
Paul Allen
, p. 37 - Tippett's Midsummer Marriage
Andrew Clements
, p. 38 Backchat
- Television
Hugo Williams
, p. 38 - Cricket addiction
Christian Wolmar
, p. 39 - Mayfest pt 2
Naseem Khan
, p. 40 - Weekend competition, p. 41
- Crossword, pp. 41-44
- Cover photo
Andrew Wiard
Plus
- This England, p. 16
- Mediawatch
Phillip Whitehead
, p. 16 - Diary
Islander
, p. 17 - Verse
Roger Woddis
, p. 17 - Letters, p. 24
- Slump, p. 24
- Feedback
David Graham
, p. 25