http://www.newstatesman.com/writers/ian_rankin en http://www.newstatesman.com/200408020034 http://www.newstatesman.com/200408020034 Mon, 02 Aug 2004 12:00:00 GMT Ian Rankin In the first of a new series, Ian Rankin recalls using Tolstoy's War and Peace to fend off lions in Kenya

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200308250021 http://www.newstatesman.com/200308250021 Mon, 25 Aug 2003 12:00:00 GMT Ian Rankin Every August, Edinburgh prepares for an onslaught of artists and performers, all hoping to become star acts. And despite the crowds, the noise and the litter, the locals secretly love it, too

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