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IaIN SINclaIr 6 The Well-thumbed Turgenevrachel lIchteNSteIN 8 The Story O Hatton Garden
Joe DuNthor Ne 11 Three Poems
harI KuNzru 12 New Fiction
alaIN De bottoN 14 Oers his advice
GuStave Flaub ert 15 My Struggles With Bovary
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C O T R B U T O R
DeaN alleN dsigns Five Dials. His si is xis..
mo NI ca ba lD w IN is f nn.
Paul Dav IS n isd n Bgs k, Red Tenda o Bologna.
alaIN De bottoNs s k, The Architecture o Happiness, dissss
qsins f nd ginss in i.
N Ic K De wa rs isins ppd in n f gins, inding
Harpers nd The Atlantic Monthly. H n d sn Cifni.
Joe Du NthorN es d n is nid Submarine.
Gu St ave Fl au be rt is fMadame Bovary, ng s.Sy bI lle hemmI NG S did pis ns in ig f n s.
ks p-i Wis i p.
harI KuNzru is f ns, inding My Revolutions.
r ac hel l Ic hte NSt eI N is n k n k Lndn s
d Hn dn. is , s n, fOn Brick Lane.
JaSoN loGa N is nd is fI We Ever Break Up,
This Is My Book. His snd sn, n, s n in Api.
le aNN e Sh aPto N is nd is fWas She Pretty? is -
ppi f &L Bks, sd in Yk Ci.
Ia IN SI Nc la Irs n k, Hackney, That Rose-Red Empire,
i pisd in , 2009
cr aIG taylor dis Five Dials.
rob IN yaS SI N-K aS Sa b is fThe Road From Damascus.
i kd s jnis in kisn.
Five Dials is g i p f Deb bI e h at FI el D, aN Na Ke ll y, NIc K
lowNDe S, Jul Iett e mIt chel l, nd SImoN P roSSer.
SubScrIbe
.isin..k
uNleSS otherwISe NoteD, all IlluStratIoNS by NIcK Dewar
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f si
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ns. n sd Cpin
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s f ips f ips. nd
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in ss is sp f. Of s
is ng- sp in is ig
n iins f k Ags
sp s f E
fd f snd. Lik
siss s d f i s-
sk s, E d sns in
ding s nd
sp, sp, ss
p in s g. d sk
i i nd s d si
in n ndsnding , nd is s
g f i, k pf s n nd s
if sp dn. s d snd
qi i is ngs kd
in is s i spd pgs.
Hd dn n s
nisd ns s sip ings
f s nd ins n sid
nds. Tis is n. B sk ,
Lndn dis, is is ns
xp f dsip?
Ys ,
i Hings
psik Cpn
a letter From SomeoNe elSe
H Y Exp M T Rd Tis?
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n On, i, f p-
p sk. A i ip,
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sk-f. B in ss ip
pssp is sking, nd
pi, nd ggg nds, nd
pssngs. i nind in xi,
nd in s, nd s
s. n pining.
spn if n ds -xpin-ing i nd ins: i p s nd
dk s nd fds, disin-
i ix f s nd gn in
pp nd in i ninn. kd
ppd ik s n
ds, didn s n idns. T
i is d i dis fs six iin
pp ( is i n?) ning
kp . And is n,
s-pkd sks f s in n nd
g s f p. Bidings
ping ik s f s d
skin, sind ng, xsd .
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niipin f sss s A
pi. T xi di ns
d f Ais, Bf insin f
q d i in n s. i isn
n nind. is pis, is,
ss, ni gps, gins. p ig-
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s ds ss n nsfd
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f ins f Ui
Msq, n f in.
in d f Bi i.
ss f f n -
fs nd sns. T Od Ci n
ss -s s in sd -
sn ss. A gdn nd f
n i sid id s.
s d ns s d
n s i pn, nd f s n ds sin xs
n sd. p
si diisins sd iiing
f n. M n n d i ss 600 i f p f
in Wd in Ts sns .
On sk skis f i
ni g spk, fni
s, s.
A Hij sin k s n
ippd p nd dp dg. T pn
s id n sin ndgnd,
nn didn g s i
ins js , n sn. T f
in in ig dd g
if nd sd dink s gn. s Lijni, pis ns n
ngi, in sin f i Rqqi.
H pd is nd n n nin
pigi id kiss i, nd n s qi-
nping, n n dgd
ing sid i. H dsn nd
si; ins xpss pp-
iin f n, n s ins
dn ik i.
On s d isid i Zin,
sin f Ais dg. T n ds
f As n nisd s
sin nd is sndings ns-
dd i nins, Lns, ki-
snis nd, spi, qis. Mn f
fgs nd q (nd pp-
pis fing gin),
si n iin nd f qis
in i, nd idn signs f
i gd nd i Zin. Tis
is n p in i ggd,
sss idn g f ins. Ts
ng n issing g. Ts n- i n gs. T sp in
sin is ik. p kissing d,
sp, ping nd sdding
gi f , ning pps-
sin f ps fi, fi f
Msis i s nd sing f
disss pid in d dk-
nss, psin nd injsi.
n qi sn si s
gn n. A id f - -
i ps n sn sspndd
f iing. B-sd n d sik ss
in . T s i i s -
sid sin is ning,
g ip. x d s f
i sn sing - TV,
nn f Hk dns, nd s-
ing qi n in-isd gsss f sng,
Tkis-s . n s,
, nd ss nd nd-psd s
sing f , p ds,
nd kings nd dgs nd ngings fAi nd Hssin, f isni nd s,
nd psi snds nd ds nd gns.
s isd i Y Hssin! in -
s f dipping d, i qi g.
s nd isis. Qni ss. W-
n ps g i, ing i ds
sd i nss, nd s i i in
s id in pnis.
d Md Hs, M
f in, gi id sn in
M. ikd is n, qi ngg,
is ns n ps ig-in nd is iiis f s f ds
iging Msis, gi s d
n in i dpd nis.
spn nig in ig n dgs f
n. T si s s id-
ings ng n, d si nd -
is. Ei-i s-ik s
xpns. T sis p
n f pk. n 1973 i fs
d s f s is ig.
gpsis pd ng i gs in
pd i ns disin f
if g-i k f Bdin
ps. T s inks nd
p .
T igs spnd nig i
dn ik ik Hs s f is
i fs f insn, i is p-
issi f n i
gdin nd s is is, ding
, s f n. T
dn ik i i. O
s. T k igin nd piis nd sn jks. Endss gsss f
nd , nd igs. A dn
p in ig sq n
ks nd -ind ks.
A in Ad -Aidis (Egp-
in) n Being Abbas el Abdss:
Y n s pgss??
n is ks nd fg
pis dd iiiin.
p ing sq ji f
ps.
s pni is . . .
T d i in dd.
W i n sd n n
ss in pi is.
curreNt-ISh eveNtS
i Cing
Robin Yassin-Kassab re-experiences the complexities o an ancient land
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s sp i is x-
ggd pin f i, g
idid is in i is si
n pni. A n ging, in
Midn, sis f sf-iding, pi-
isi nd sd sns d.
Lik: Ai is igin f nggs.
Lik: Ep i Msi j-i iin n s. Lik: nd
s nd f s n
igin. T ns spk nd d
nds. s n ns ns.
n s ss s f n,
kind nd -ning. Y n
i sns f si sns, nd
i sns qi ss.
Cf nd sidi nd idni
kd nd d ngi in is s
ninn. Mn f s n
js, nd i in xs. T sdiss sis g ks if
, nd n . W
s d nd s spii, s
n gnnss, s gnsi nd
digni?
T p i ning igin
in pd gnds nd s f
nss, i ni nd n-
s nin f ps
pnins nd s f d nd
, is nis is igg n
A n, i is ng n 1,400
s. T igin nd in n dsi nd
s spii.
i inds f iins in
i n. T diing f
igs. Wiing f .
And sip pss. d, f in-
sn. js ips s
qi f is. s
in ikn dsn s ik s
d ndnss; n d in ggs s
ik n ggs. T i snss
f in ndin is nid. ( Biis idd i s dn-
s d fi. didn nd-
snd fi sd s ni
i). T diin in -
nd dn n diin
s-sq, ndf g
is, n , i
dipping in ing s,
s ising nd nd
spsing in psi sin f
sp in pfs nd p
d.
W Yss -A sk ind n in f pin-
ing n nd ii-
ns d if. A sp ps i
k, i k
ss. iiis is n ng -
n in TV. T nd nins,
xiing s, ds g
indiid igs nd fd f x-
pssin.
p s i i si. -
spi fgs, si ids,
Ain s, sinis, p; dspi sk, i i
si. id n p s
d s ssd nds nd -Aqs?
id n p A ik sin,
d ss , i?
ON e bo oK c ho Se N f s n.A s i f ks: inid,qid g d, ind f -
sns f snin, spsiin f
. A pnsin pn is s -
ing i. Csn n f is i? A
k n n, g ing
dsi i, sing d. inking pp if p-
ns d! A g f six f
n si nd pn d, ks
pii ss, s pins,
ps if d f n
i psns s g i f i
in f
ink in f s, s
ig? O n idn. A
g i f i, king knds f
ssid. id Iink i? M f is g spping k, iing
k, n s in n n.
And si, d nn,
sing s Rssin pins; is
s, ngg, d. T inin
s, sd k. Bf is
d nisn f isf, g
dn nis d
. En n d gi p
.
n in, n id, ndf p, g ppk
fFathers and Sons Tgn. nsid
s f nig nd pps
inndd s ssn in s. n fnd
. Cping n Hpsd H, -
f sing f n, s
kn in, gs sn. Bks, inndd
f ip, id: Wii C-
s Wiis, Cs Osns The Distances
nd Tgn ppk.
id f s f g nds
n n p. ing gk- ii, fnd sf n
i in ing, sp i i
pnd n i pid
d f . Hd d nd, s
knd, in s ss
d: -ss nining ks
nd pps f n, Ms Wd.
Bf ig Ms Wd d n s-
si Cs. i kn n:
ssi Cs find f -
ings s d i, id
H Ln. ssi Cs:
igin f Mii in Sons and Lovers.
T ns i, sis, signd L-
ns diin f Tgn.
pd nnd sp-sidd
ss g . is
sn gd. ns, pikd k f pi s gin-
ning s. k , d in
gi. Fathers and Sons n Tgni.
Tnsd f Rssin, i p-
p f , Egn .
Undd. Wd Lk nd C., Lndn,
Yk nd Mn. 248pp. Hing-
s sing. ig fxing. A dn
p i d, , n d.
And d gin. T is n nsip
sign n fn xd ndpp:
ssi Cs, M, 1910.Cing pi , sd p-
sis k D.H. Lawrence: A Personal
Record by E.T. (1935). T E.T. di
a S INGle booK
s And nsIain Sinclair checks his copy or fngerprints
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disgisd idni f ds
, ssi Cs. T fn
s sing f s d n pg
121. H ikd Tgn ins, nd
g is p fFathers and Sons
Wn sn k d -
sin p s, n
pA si sp i
s is. An j d
gins is f ss, iin. T
ndn sign, ndind, nd
d. n g k, pg
pg, king f nnins. And fnd
nn. in ngpins, s
isi, n pg 8. T p n
sd, nd dn, n pg 48. T
nd f sssin, pps, n f L-
ns pi is?
ssi ps n finds nsin.
Ms s, Ln sid, i
f i n psni. Ws
ds, f s. B n s
g ig ng psni
i f.
ingpins n pgs 83 nd 84. A
pssi k ngsid dig n
pg 102. Tis ng gi, sid
isf, ps , nd is n d k-
ing. ig n n ning, n
-pin. M ngks, d n
s, ning s.
Mii kd ks i. T s
nfiing pi.
n Sons and Lovers Ln ksssis innn iin in s f
si pin: ng
f s din ings.
Ys, s sid in dp n, s f
signin. And s s nd g
ks. And d, ns
nds kd s piif, s d
f nd kiss . B n
dd n d n. T s
sing pnd i. His kisss
ng f . T nind ding ni n k, n
n in kin, nd s
n nd j gin i f
nd . His s dk nd
sining; s kind f fsinin
i.
A n f pini if, Fathers and
Sons. B niiis is n
d in king, nd ds
sn. s i ips, sifing
f ng gi ping pin
H s n d in pn nd
s d p M sn
gin xpind d n,
pg Lns insip i
ssi Cs, is ig i -
id n, id Wk? O Sons and Lovers ps, s s,
n Mii f nd C
s in ing?
M k gs k n sf, in
is p, p f ds, n sp-
i i s.
niing pik p p f R
Linsin's s k. g
R, s in qs f
kndg s ssi Cs, id
fi n dd p n s
gn Wip ss. Hns id ks sp
in Rd. B f s n
in n, in Oxfdsi,
is d n d n
niging piss dsd in
n i id. As ng n n in
d: niqs, j. T n
dpd, n nd i R
g p in nd, s Ln.
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is i ns in d.
spi g n f si-
nss, s ins disin ig
sp. En kns n ,
gssip is if nd, ik in f
Esn Epnshtetls, pn
fschlemiels, menschs nd iniging
is s king p -ni.
On f s s Ei Zkn,
knn i in s Zki.
f n g d
k nds sps nd sppi-
s in s, psn dpping
is sg f spis: n
dding ings, d Zki
d, ping ngs f gd d
g din sid s n d-
p i g pi f ngs ni
g ig sns. E i ds pd g d
qnd nd n d gin.
s d psi k nd Zki d
nds sng in is pp d,
g s n in is ig
f. H kd f s i
n Hn Cis nd i sd
nik is pin s -
i sssf. T pss ind
in king s ings s ng nd
Zki s sps ns nd n
gd. H isd is pis
ini n s f gd nd
pin n p nd n ddd n
pnn if qi f dind,
sing is ings nd k
f g king.
Zkis if s s sdd in
s. H dssd ik p, s
ing d ss id p i sing
nd di d , -
s nd iins nd id i
ng nd if in g sin Essx. Hd iping in
sps, ngi dgging n g
f ind nd si dn
i sig, iping is d d i
di ndkif pd f is
pk. is d in
k f sp nd p f ,
ing sis is i s ig
ngin ding , ssignd
Lns s. On d
qid gnd ign-
n dp, i sd k is ings: g i in 1930s
f snd-nd dding ing n-
f d gn nkp. T
d g i f n niq sp s
f. Wn xind i fnd
d n k, 1789. Tis s p-
id n n dndd s
ddings ings f ik sik
gs. T ings Zki s king i
is dp, ndd s
f i s nfd, d sp s ign n ings n
in dnd n .
Zki s ikd nd spd
n in ni. fn
s i nd , ing n
s ns i sp ns,
snding i Hsidi dind ds
in ig dd n pn, ds
dn, gnifing gsss , xin-
ing s in j, s g di-
nd. H id f dn s
i g nd n n d sn i f ng i n ppnd p
in i n in 2004 in Bik
Ln, ging i p f ss-
king n sid Bg Bk.
H didn ni s. H d s
f sndi in n nd nd
in . H, n iqid s spi-
ing f is psn p n
pn s is s d in
id fsin. As ppd, d
is ss in Yiddis. d is
n nd nd ds , sp-
ing nd sps f s f
is pnins s did s. H
s snding, sk
nd igs nd spn s i
king. d i k siing i Bik Ln nd
sid. g p , sid, in
is isping Yiddisha n. f f
n snding. H gn
sis f is idd, -
ing in n f spi s did
s. H d iddn ik
ind g sq, is isis
Rssin Bs nd s f Bk
Lin Yd: Ts gs in ksps
sd s kids dn in
s nd pnnis , sid, king nd king s
i. B d p s i
s f ding s, n
g n id pik p
ins. skd i if d
Rdinsk ( iniging g
d in in n k). H
g p did. H s n
f Wip s ink,
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sid. Y kn, rummers, in i
ig s nd ng k s, s
sd , Wip
Cs. Of s s f
f n, si n
king in Hn dn. f
knn sin kids.
Ming n f s f EsEnd, gn k Hn
dn, i f f
insing. H kn i ,
ing gn is king if
in 1920s, s n ppni in
g j pi ksp. T
n pp king in
dpn n, sid. Min
d n, s f d dn
gs, ns f is
Wd W. T s n d g
d Vns , d ikdsns f . f n kid sd
i s sd j is in is
dn g nd s sing nd
ing. Tg i s iis. W
d f gs nd sng
i is kd. Ts d s
g si sngs, nd
si . Wi Zki
s in sng n sp, sing is
s nd sing f sid sid s
sng: ing ging d, i
ds ng gd, in pn
d, Lif is fding fs A
f ging sppd i id-sng.Wn gind ps sd
n inis f s
kn sis, ing
is f Hn dn, f i
d ging ins. H spk
g spd, is g s xpnding
id s kd. H d
ni s inin
nk f snn sps: n-
dnd i pfs id dp n-
dgnd, dissind gnn
nks nd fgn is. s ni p dsn in,
sid. Wi ig f gd nd
nd s nin,
pssgs ning gnd
ndn. H d fgnd
sis ingngs ing f
Hn dn n ndgnd i
n , f ing n
Asi. H spk f ind
C ing sd di sdns
f Bs f dissing dd dis. H
nd sis f ign nd
ding fs js s-
d pn, nd d s fndnd nsis, x-si
sigings, nings nd fk fis. id
kn, sid, is ging
ig, Hn dn s
n si f n gn p, s-
ndd s gdns, i fnins,
inds nd ds? Bf d
n , n f is finds
sd sing i in Yiddis
nd, i sp f is f, s
k in ng, s ki,
pssin niing dd. n s i gin. spi
n ps nd i, i s n
ipssi d s. B did spk
ins in id is f
d nd, s i, gn
nd .
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Joe Dunthorne
is
M ig sis ings s s is iding nd
n k f Rids ik
nd d ik f dink.
Rid is id n.
M sis is g nd s
dpping is in nsin.
s nd
nd nd i in.
sis sk sis
if s s disnd pi gn ,
i is jk. H x-gifind sd s
sd n-n sp,
js ik nn-sking.
W king n ining.
T p is n ik i idg. T ig
is gnis nd n f inisi ins.
O fn, sing ss n s dsk.
M sis ss, H i?
Wn ng, sd g.
ippd i d sp.
i ning.
T ss s f in fi.
T si i.
M sis inks sd f is;
Rid ss sd s i .T is in
nd n s did.
T A Qn
M, igining
s: ing
-ippd gi
p-s .
Y ing ndinss.Y ink gi is in
i, if n x
if nd igin n ni
if f s is iss
in k-d pi sp,
jid s pid p ik in spins.
A dn d n dsi .
H pn is i
igin ing.
B insd s is , iing
is g piig,ing dn s fk
f d f s
s n iin n.
Tn-f ngs
A gi ing -pi
nd pf s
jins in s n:
ssk kis.
ing sn ng,
s sks f
s s psss. A nin
ngs f.
s sd .Und, ss gnid
i sp ips d
ndsnd n. H nis
pind. A fn,
s fg-kiks in ig
kps n siing.
sp s nd,
is isp f d
iing f g.
s k k
nd is
nik ni i spsik p- nd.
si nd si
nd dn f id.
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Broth erS aN D S ISt erS, , inns, nid s. W sndsd sd, p ing
n sis ing p gins ,
sing si. B dn , s
sn p s i s
. T nd f sgg is in
sig! Ass nd, ppis
fn sin. ning is n-
d, is nd. W npid
nd nnkd, n-iing ss f
giss, piss, d gnis, p-
din pnis, s, nsp-ps, di nks, pii iss,
nn-gnn gniins
snds f pnis i xpi s
i n ng p ndiins f
sjgin. ng i id
f ngs in sks.
ng i k ss in dis-
d is p i n s.
gin i i s s f
kp sg s sin
pns f fings f ss-
nss. O fs k is
ginning. n n, i sis!
Mn n, ,
n fd k f ng pids
f i f nsidd
f pid j. T s-d kndgn ss n f . Wi-
s, n f , ss,
d nd ss pfing sks
nsid ni d? H
g d
piid is if d pd
n iing iss, ddss
p iniins ss? O s
inisi, nnd niss,
nppid si. p
n ni. W n ng nn
gi nd k iggnk ns, i s i nd
i f n gin ping
ds. W i nd nin f
d, nd sd n ink dn
ndsnd . s n
s! Ys, . ss
in d ing . Rind s,
did ppn, x? in
n f is, d s n
gn. W sd gf. O,
psii qiing i spping,
fning, sf-nniiing gid f
f ginnings, s
in ss, ns gds,
din. B n n . Tnnis
qs nd s s dn pn-
s f if f kp s. i-
d dsn n f ing in n
d d. On p ns, nd
nn f .
Undsnd is, j, sg,
ik-isd, p-ii fs.
W dn kn if i n be js
in n s i, if nd in i ink is ik
nd p n js nd igs
gin n g in
ings ging ng. n sn
in pid dinks, s-
ds. n s n n
s dd-p jnk fd in
pi s s. Tis is n
n p g ssisns.
n n, ging ns
n s ni s,
ns pf dns nd C nd if
snd-gs q d f
d s pn s nding
nn-xisn p dinn.
W kn dn k s sis.
W ppd idn. Wyour
ppd idn. W, sg,
dn kn k ,
n s d gd sp ps
i s, nd s n nd s f. Ts
p d, isn i? pp nd d-
nd. A iins ing n
n k i p ds ig.
Tis is ing pn s
fnd s nd siss ns
n d k f ning, kp
F Ict IoN
T nns
Hari Kunzru
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qi iing n-f
nd ink dn ni i n ss
jin i s in sidi, p s
ss ss i ks i
ipssi f nn idn f
d-sssf gin n
i. Af , sd is. W s
s sss sn spnd is ids
dds ? W s s dg
d p n pi
dsk? W s nd
f findsip! n iss nd
di ds disps f
in! in s, nd ng
nks f ss nis.
ng fg id n nd
disgs s k snding ids. in
s, g fd in sdd f is!
Bs nd siss, d d
sd ss f. f s
n ping f ppni k
f f. O, dsi n ps-
sin, ig. W gging sds
f i. Of s , sss, nd is
fnn. Y n sp. Af ,
ping pi f dis-
sin. W p n, s s n p s. Y ink n
x f j, js
pd d, iniqis ss-
. B s is: i n ng
i in s d f s. And
i n, ever .
n king d f , in
king d (if
n ) n
snid ks ss psss, n s
ing, n ising f knif
s gds, ns n-
g s, k n s snn
gnd i n --n
innsips. Ts p dnddn
sds! T si sking p s
f f ngn ,
nging i sik i sns
js i dp in g, p-
ing, s ping, n d f f i igins. Ts p
sds! T f f i, Big Li! T
si i n d n
s nd i d
s pisd, i id f i
gniing snn d, i
niing psi pin.
And s i gs n, f d nd
di, si pi f ning dis
siing pds ni k f
sp p dis , n
in iss -j f n nd d nd V x
i ini nd fs i,
piing ins, psi
ginss , is, s n
gni s s f ss.
iin dns! Y kn
ning i k f, n n
, n . Y kn
n ding is pping ins
ig nd ss nd, in
ng, -nsing ng
n ikd,
isi n king d,
ing, npdi, fkss d
s d f nd
fi if, , ii
x i dgs ,
pi f sng ning
s n sf-si ni.
As sid ds ngf idif d g, n in i n
si n kind f spns in
ddnd snpss is iniin f
pin, pdin f
f dinin i n ps f
nin n. Tn, d
d? Y kid ss i sn f
! Eing did s f
gd f s. Y snd siping
n sg i s nd
sq s dp f fing
f sid s, worthwhilefing. O, g! T pp f
dn-d ps! W d n,
, ever ik .
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Problem oNe: I am a nervous publicspeaker and next month I have to address a
meeting o top business managers. Do you have
any advice on how I might keep calm on stage?
T igins f p i in gss
-siin f pp
pnning k . Af , k
ndn i fi nd
gng, g s p
din n ings. B
in s f s sinss ngs,
si n -d ,i s psing n
ps f sp. is f ssni
ing dn in
n ind. T p i sk,
nd d (nd pps
p sf s f ging n
sg) pssg f sixn n-
n pisp Mnign, king
ssi p sinss ngs
f ds kings nd pisps:
Upn igs n in d,
sd, si, pn ss. ings
nd pisps si: nd s d dis.
Au plus eslev throne du monde si ne sommes
assis que sus nostre cul. Les Roys et les philos-
ophes fentent, et les dames aussi.
Problem two: My boyriend(Tom) is a
kind and loving man, but oten when he pays me
a compliment, I get upset, because o the way he
does it. Last week he said he loved me and then
added, almost immediately ater, because your
bottom is so pert. Its true that my bottom is pert(I go to the gym a lot ), but Im uncomortable
with such remarks. Another time, he said that
what he really liked about me was my breasts
(they are quite large!!!! ). Am I being ungrateul
or is there something to complain about?
Y qsin iss pfnd pispi-
iss, n, W d n
d f? Tg n ,
s gni nd
s ings d f. T k n
xp, if d ss ss s d-fsind, n
in f n nid d-
fsind nd pid ss n
ing dn, i f pd, ndpps npp n if d n
sid ning in s p. dn
js n n kind f , n
d f psn ink .
W n s n , i ing,
pi f ss ging f iin
ns f s. f ss
s f d , n
, s ns n nsi-
pppi gs f .
Wn in pi fn dis-
d id f ing d f idis. T spnd nsid
n f i inking f i pp-
n ( g ), n sn
fs in i , dn is
s dis n fs f .
n fns, nd i s ning d i
pdisnss, d d sid
pin. T d d f s-
is s n is f i f i is dis-
nd: is, ds, is, nd
pn nd ss.
i psn ng s-
ss, sn i sn f in
i . B s s is id-
id pp sd n-
ndiin f pn f i .
O is f is f ing
d f in pss nd k ndi-
in. is n ,
dniin n gin
i d n n f xinsi
isis. n s f s d
nd kd f, f dsip f i nds
ss sinss. T
d f, in spi f, i diing,
ping, iing, ing nd ss
s.
On s gs p ds -
in ndiin n n f
ins sing nk ,
fing gsss, sing
diss nd , king i, -
qiing ss, ss . B g
s ings gn ins fs, dsi is n s
ipss g ns sss s -
n d pn i
id infn: n inding
pn nd nd d-
i, . Af , if
d ndiin, ppns n
igin ndiins f dispp
n n gs nd d gs?
n s, n d f si-
p xising, n f ding in ing king in . Tn gin,
dsi is s nisi nd n
pp, pisps ng ,
is jdgd i is nin isi-
ing g.
P r o b l e m t h r e e :A riend o mine has
recently been let by her boyriend and is very
upset. Id like to cheer her up and thought o
taking her out to dinner somewhere nice. I live
in Grimsby and wondered i you had any nice
ideas or restaurants in the town or the vicinity?
din g qs-
in is sd king
find n in s p.
Y inndd g is k f -
(nspid) ni diss-
s s sd. And if is is g,
s ns i is sf
s sn s n f in .
f pin f sd i s
f pnpin, i is fsd
in snd Hd s nd in
gn piisi sp f
dn di, is pp si-
nss. Tis piis ks s s d-
n gs ng f s: s
n n f pin f ss f ,
s f pin f ing in pin
n sppsd pp. n is
siin, i is ppn s s-
f ing n n d i sn
s n ndnnd is pid
i idn if is n in f p-p pss, sngs s. Tis
i pps i fing f psin
nd p i n pin in nx. R-
n sn iniin, f
sggs snd find x
nining: nss f s, p-
iss f L Rfd, d
ks f Cf, pn nd
Cin, nd sins f k f
n. Y find pi p-
pi Rn pisps k
( n n id is f n sin d): W nd
is p ps f if? T
f i s f s.
helP PaGeS
T Agn Un
Alain de Botton is here to help you
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Croisset, January 12 or 14, 1852 ids id, d-pssd. M sd B is ing
nd diing d. Ls nd
[find nd dis Lis] Bi
iiid n f s nd
in. n d ning i:
is s in ss, f
ppsi is s. A,
id nd disgd! Y Ms-
. W d Ms!
i is pssi
ing sn d ng spdk, fdisinins n g nd s
spis. Eing dpnds n
npin. s!
ging nin, nd s qik s
n, in d p pi.
T ns n is ks
is dd. A! n i
s n xpind
gnis f A!
Croisset, January 16, 1852 T in ,
i spking, disin psns:
n is infd i s, i-
is, g igs, sniis f ps
nd ig pins f ids; nd n
digs nd s in
s dp s n, iks
f s spf s ig n,
d ik k f s
psi ings pds; is
psn iks g nd njs
ni sids f n
W ss if , sd ik i, is k
ning, k dpndn n ning
xn, i d d g
sng f is s, js s
, sspndd in id, dpnds n
ning xn f is spp; k
i d s n sj,
s in i sj d s
inisi, if s ing is pssi. T
ns ks s nin
s ; s xpssin s
g, s ngg s iniding nd ging i i, n
s. i f f A
is in is diin. s i, s i s d-
pd f is ginnings, ging p-gssi , f Egp-
in pns i ns, f
20,000 in Hind ps sins
f Bn. , s i is sd, s
nd. s dissid f n
ig, , dsik; pi is disd
in f f n, s in f f
ps; is n ng n d,
nd f is s f s i f is -
. Tis nipin f n
sd : gnns
gn g sii in, f in dspiss siiss f
f.
is f is sn n
n sjs ign sjs; f
sndpin f p A n ig -
s sis xi is n
s ing s sj, s in isf ing
n s nn f sing ings.
Croisset, February 1, 1852 Bd k. Wk
didn g; d d pin
didn kn s. s sd-
ings nd nns; s p in
dk: i is di if
ns f ds is si s in
gs. d ins, spid
f pp, ndd nd fd.
s pps nd gin.
O, s ing s is! ink
n id f kind f k
iing. n ks s
sn; in is n ing
ip, nd f gi- sig in. iis, n -
ns, s psni sn.
i k sd ding; i
is d nd sdid ings.
Bi, id s nd
js f d in , inks
n is ig nd ps k i
gd. M d gn i! B i p-
iss k p n ns n f
i. s in n g
ginning f nx in. ding
n n six pgs k.
Croisset, March 3, 1852 Tnk , nk
, ding, f in
snd . ks pd
sd f pp ; i
nx k!
js d s idns
ks f n. f
nig, f ings kd
d f d kpsks s f
sipks nd ns. p nd ngings d d n
s sn ig nd dn sn
sin. T ks pind nd
s pind gn. A sig f s
f (f insn sn sing
pp sndd n i s) -xp-
ind fings f d s
id. sd ik sing d
p i f ind; s fid
g d. T is s f
sis in i-nd s, i s
king in i (is pisd kp k), nd n
Cins pis sking p f f
gdn ids. M s nd id-
d is, f
, fs, i ding f
s nd is p in spi
ds n n ing
i ds f ng gis, nd f
is pps n niging in
ik ns f ks ss nd
ds in i-pd ps.
Rind spk is.
Y n gi x dis nd.
Croisset, March 2021, 1852 T ni
f k, if i s n, i nsis
f ing knn k sig
d n i, nd
sss f iis nd gi (i
sk fs in ni ni). Wn
ink f i n dd. B
n, n s
s n nsd , s i-d sid i ps nd ng
s nd id n.
n king ik f fn ng
s. A if id i ni-
snnss, kping
pssins kd p in gs nd isiing
n n nd n f disin. O,
if pd gd k
kd f i! Wd d Bns
sps ds . [Le genie est
une longue patience.] sd in
ng fs.The Selected Letters o
Gustave Flaubert, 1954
how to wrIte a letter
s Lis C
One wretched master seeking guidance
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A niece o Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin,Monica Baldwin became a nun just beore
World War One.
The walls o the monastery were thick and
hardly a shred o news fltered in rom the shell-
shocked world. Now and again a nun would
be sent or by Reverend Mother and told that
some relation had been wounded or killed; but
I cant remember reading a single newspaper
during the whole our years. One day, ater
the bells were rung in celebration, the Reverend
Mother told them the war was over. They sang
T . That, or me, represented WorldWar Number One.
Baldwin let her cloistered lie on 26 October
1941, and couldnt have chosen a worse mo-
ment or a re-immersion into the outside world.
Friends were shocked. What with clothes
coupons, ood rationing, travelling restrictionsand the appalling rise in the cost o living, how
on earth they asked did I imagine I should
ever be able to cope? Food rations made sense,
but there were more intricate modern issues to
be explained. In her only book, published in
November 1949, Baldwin grappled with the
problems posed to an ex-nun. Most rightening
was what lay beneath.
T
he cr eS ce ND o f sks i
id gn p i
s indin p--d nd-. nk, s ppd.
T gns i s s-
d d n nid g-
ging sis in fn n,
nsidd ni, ik, ng-
sd sif f g, s sg
s ig ing nx
skin. M sifs, n n, d d
s nks. H, d
sing nd indisiin p-
ing sn sind nd snk ni
sd p ss. s,
sd-sppd nd s nd,nd ns in; ,
ng sg pis sd s
nd ns is. Ls p
i- f , ppd
inn nd si sd barbette
f i, fdd in s f in
ks nd ps nk.
, n sis ndd isp
f gss, si nd ssn
f spids , s sd.
sid, Hs fndin g-
n. A, s pp n pns nd brassiere, is d -d
s g d s i
s.
xind j, ing
1914. n s ds, ni gi sd
the hh archIve
Lp O T W
Looking Back to 1949
C A
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All Sh e wa NtS is g p n gs f ps n . ss , kn ds
. Ts Tss ns. ink is
ing snin ik , dn
? n, d Od n
s nd g f Bis,
i sn s. s s js sik
f ps. Tss s g f sn
n fg ps. , is i
f k s dn sip ssn: kn gd psn,
? Y kn ings ppnd
in ps. T sdn . Y
kn sdn. B d ,
s s. Y n pd f . s
js, kn . gd
s i i ik . ik n
Hd ds s f ing. H n
kik in gis sis, g.
Ein, n.
B i gs is n Tss
is . js spis
sf nd nx d, f
is i nig, ss ing g if Ang C s d ing
nd if si . s xi-
ing. B is in ning,
kn? nding ig , isn ?
H s js s s did
d f nd ss inking: , is
d ig f . g
i is n. js d .
B n nd is js k d Tss nds . An-
g Cs n d i f . nds
i kd nd p d
p, kn n? i
kd p din f .
Y kn, dn g p ping
f iin in f ks. And
n is f Tss, isn i? n
. s, n d i
s ik s p in sd-
d, n f s ssi pp sdds.
Y dn f i ig-. T is d finds, Ck
p f i gs did.
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David R., Bristol, age 37, on Tss f dUis
IlluStratIoN: Paul DavIS, tet: c raIG taylor.