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Robert Harris RSS feedThe best books of the year
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Our reviewers name the titles that have meant the most to them over the past 12 months2009-11-19T12:55:23ZHeed the omens, Mandy — above all, fear Caesar
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Coinciding with the Labour Party conference is the publication of Robert Harris’s Roman thriller Lustrum, which is dedicated to his friend Peter Mandelson. The blurb on the book jacket says: “Blinded by Ambition. Seduced by Power”. Or as Mandelson prefers to describe himself these days, “a rounded and relaxed person”2009-09-29T07:57:26ZIt’s much too late to call Roman Polanski to account
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There's nothing artistic about drugging, raping or sodomising a young girl. The details vary depending which version of Roman Polanski's 1977 seduction of a 13-year-old actress you read2009-09-29T07:55:06ZPolanski’s wife calls on Hollywood to back his fight against extradition
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Roman Polanski’s wife said today she was 'outraged' by his arrest and vowed to fight American attempts to extradite him2009-09-28T06:01:04ZMandy's mates: The Peter Mandelson diaspora
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The country rests safe in the neatly manicured hands of Peter Mandelson: Gordon Brown's best frenemy and the man who exercises such a magnetic pull for protesters that an eco-suffragette promptly chained herself to his Regent's Park railings as he returned home to mind No 10's business for the week2009-08-11T10:42:03ZThe lessons we should be learning from Cicero
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peter Mandelson doesn’t tend to lay his ideals open to public scrutiny. Cicero, by contrast, never kept his mouth shut2009-08-06T07:35:24ZLord Mandelson, in the image of Roman orator
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Standard learns that best-selling author Robert Harris has dedicated 2nd volume of Cicero trilogy to Lord Mandelson2009-08-05T08:21:23ZHarriet Harman is right to focus on rape law
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Harriet Harman deserves congratulation for raising the issue of rape to proper prominence2009-08-05T08:06:51ZMichael Jackson factor hits right note to boost HMV turnaround
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HMV sold more than 40,000 Michael Jackson albums in the three days after his death - far outstripping the sales leap it experienced after the deaths of Elvis Presley and John Lennon2009-06-30T08:11:01ZClan Kinnock and their Euro jackpot
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After losing two general elections, the Kinnocks moved to Europe and prospered. Now they’re back — but will they save or sink Labour?2009-06-12T09:10:49ZTrudie Styler speaks out to revive the lost art of oratory
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The art of oratory is being killed off by computers, according to Trudie Styler2009-04-03T08:10:04ZBlack cabs, red buses and minis: it must be ... Berlin
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Street scenes of London have been recreated in Berlin for the filming of Roman Polanski's new film because the director cannot enter Britain2009-02-12T08:23:09ZSex charges against me a travesty, says Polanski
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Three decades after fleeing the United States over a sex case involving a 13-year-old girl, Roman Polanski has asked a Los Angeles court to dismiss the charges2008-12-03T12:26:30ZThe extraordinary life of London's leading agent
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As the literary world mourns the sudden death of Pat Kavanagh, a portrait is emerging of a steely operator and a woman who inspired awe and fear in equal measure2008-10-22T07:50:06ZTributes pour in for legendary literary agent Pat Kavanagh
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Tributes poured in for Pat Kavanagh, the legendary literary agent and wife of novelist Julian Barnes, who has died from a brain tumour2008-10-21T08:21:11ZAnd the winners are not...
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The Man Booker judges have determined that Aravind Adiga's debut novel about the seamier side of Indian life is the best fiction of the year. How do they do that?2008-10-15T07:55:46ZBooker judge criticises 'highbrow' male panels
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One of this year's Man Booker Prize judges has criticised male academics who sit on literary panels, claiming they pick "highbrow" novels over readable ones2008-10-14T08:29:24ZLiterary Life
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Celebrity sells at an astonishing rate, yet at its heart the UK still loves a book for itself and London is a great champion of literature. These are the people who keep us reading.2008-10-02T11:56:41ZTwo scorpions are back in same bottle
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From the moment he backed Tony Blair for Labour leader 18 long years ago, Peter Mandelson was never again going to be a close friend of Gordon Brown2008-10-03T12:52:39ZPrince of Darkness back from the wilderness ... again
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Peter Mandelson's return to the Government confirms his reputation as the "comeback king" of British politics2008-10-03T08:37:17ZFrom soaps to the Booker
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When Tom Rob Smith's first novel made the longlist for our most prestigious literary prize it caused a publishing storm. Here he hits back at his critics2008-08-18T07:27:24ZMick Jagger turns 65 next week. So what will he do with his bus pass?
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He's a collision of contradictions. The most outrageous, sexually ambiguous, tantalising rock singer ever who has spent 45 years pursuing legions of beautiful, rich girls.2008-07-19T01:01:01ZAndrew Neil pays £4m for top literary agency split by feud
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Andrew Neil, the broadcaster and former editor of The Sunday Times, today bought one of Britain's leading literary and talent agencies for £4 million2008-06-18T13:26:17ZWho needs the Royal Academy, eh Damien?
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Damien Hirst is more interested in turning his stately home into a world-class gallery than joining the Royal Academy2008-06-06T08:24:29ZBreakneck books are sometimes the best
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Sebastian Faulks has revealed that he wrote his new James Bond novel, Devil May Care, in just six weeks2008-03-18T08:47:29Z'The River Café's location is unique'
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As a legal battle that threatened one of London's most iconic restaurants is resolved Ruth Rogers tells Lucy Cavendish why she can't imagine cooking anywhere else.2006-12-04T14:37:15Z