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    signandsight

    signandsight.com provides a lively view of cultural and intellectual life in Germany: We summarise daily the highlights of the cultural pages of German language newspapers and publish weekly a selection of German feuilleton articles in English translation.

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    Bring up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel - extract one

    Bring up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel - extract one His relations with the queen, as the summer draws to its official end, are chary, uncertain, and fraught with distrust. Anne Boleyn is now 34 years old, an elegant woman, with a refinement that makes mere prettiness seem redundant. Once sinuous, s he has become angular. She retains her dark glitter, now rubbed a little, flaking in places

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    Psyche's Sister

    Psyche's Sister Recently, I married the love of my life. We decided it was best, though, to maintain separate residences. That sounds like the problem, doesn't it? The reason I'm writing? It's not. It works for us. And I'm tired of explaining why. My problem is th

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    Endangered Species

    PHOTO - Endangered Species Lately all the talk has been about the decline of independent bookshops, the once powerful chains, and indeed bookshops full stop. Everyone’s talking about the squeeze on publishers, editors losing their jobs, library closures, the death of literary magazi nes, and very occasionally, the small army of those with doctorates in literature who can’t get a job

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    Mad Style: At the Codfish Ball | Tom & Lorenzo

    Well start off slow, with a couple snapshots of 1966 teen and tweenhood, upper middle class-style. This episode was the story of three daughters, and while Sallys clothes definitely played a part and made an impact in this story, the costuming really worke d its ass off telling the stories of Peggy and Megan, two young women whose choices often confound and disappoint their parents