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A winning hand

Ben Coren — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 00:00:12 GMT

The Game of Cards Adolf Schr�der Pushkin Press, 210pp, �8.99

Hidden depths

Ben Coren — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 00:00:12 GMT

The Seventh Well Fred Wander Granta Books, 192pp, �12.99

The year of the spat

Ben Coren — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 11:10:57 GMT

Ben Coren looks back at the various rows and spats that characterised the UK arts and culture scene over the last 12 months

Doris Lessing�s blogger bashing

Ben Coren — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 11:34:16 GMT

Doris Lessing has a pop at the world wide web, Stephen Fry does panto and the Beijing Eunuch Museum is set to reopen in time for the '08 Olympics (phew).

Too much to bear

Ben Coren — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 15:58:06 GMT

Should the latest Turner Prize winner really take the credit for his work? And, as a variety of geriatric rockers take to the stage once more, can any of today's musicians fill their shoes?

Baghdad, big mouth and bad sex

Ben Coren — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 17:33:58 GMT

Things are looking up for the art world in Iraq, while the fortunes of Morrissey and Norman Mailer have taken a turn for the worse

Religious rib-ticklers

Ben Coren — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 15:46:05 GMT

Heard the one about the Muslim comedian? This and much more in our round-up of quirkier parts of the arts world...

Deaths and Dragons

Ben Coren — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 16:16:28 GMT

Norman Mailer's passing provokes outpourings of praise and condemnation in equal measure