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The new feudalism

George Walden — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 10:25:34 GMT

The Poundbury Toryism of Zac Goldsmith and his posh pals is ripe for caricature, writes George Walden.

Robert Frost: Speaking on Campus � Excerpts From His Talks (1949-1962)

George Walden — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 07:38:24 GMT

Occupied City

George Walden — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 07:24:42 GMT

Turbulence

George Walden — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:11:34 GMT

Period pains

George Walden — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 12:45:44 GMT

The Children�s Book A S Byatt Chatto & Windus, 623pp, �18.99

Diary: George Walden

George Walden — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 09:37:35 GMT

'Generally wine in Moscow is what philosophers call a category mistake: vodka and beer are best, and nowadays every brand of the latter is available'

Mincing with Mugabe

George Walden — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 09:20:20 GMT

Observations of Zimbabwe

Man of many parts

George Walden — Mon, 29 May 2006 12:00:00 GMT

John Osborne: a patriot for us John Heilpern Chatto & Windus, 528pp, �25 ISBN 0701167807 Despite his reputation as a rebel, John Osborne spent his life playing stock British characters: the angry young man, the teddy boy, the country squire. George Walden on a writer who, for all his immense linguistic gifts, could never simply be himself

American beauty. John Updike, whose second love was painting, sees his nation's art as a spiritual struggle on a grand scale. George Walden argues that we must keep its achievements in perspective

George Walden — Mon, 06 Mar 2006 12:00:00 GMT

Still Looking: essays on American art John Updike Hamish Hamilton, 222pp, �25 ISBN 0241143357

An American in a hurry. Mark Twain was in permanent overdrive, always searching for his next big break. George Walden looks back on a restless genius whose life embodied that of the country he came from

George Walden — Mon, 06 Feb 2006 12:00:00 GMT

Mark Twain: a life Ron Powers Scribner, 715pp, �25 ISBN 0743248996