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Alexander Larman

Alexander Larman is a historian and author. His most recent book is The Crown In Crisis: Countdown to the Abdication.

Please, no more adaptations of Jane Austen

Do we really need the new Netflix version of Persuasion, which has seemingly confused Anne Elliot with Fleabag?

By Alexander Larman

Please, no more adaptations of Jane Austen

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Wanted: A leader for Britain’s post-Jubilee republican movement

By Alexander Larman

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No laughing matter: Why can’t we make jokes about the unspeakable?

By Alexander Larman

Long reads

Food festivals: defiantly middle class?

By Alexander Larman

Long reads

The most commercial of music festivals

By Alexander Larman

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More than a music festival?

Latitude offered a rather mixed standard on the theatre and literary side but the music produced som

By Alexander Larman

Lawyer at large

Anonymous Lawyer Jeremy Blachman Vintage, 276pp, £7.99 ISBN 00995071

By Alexander Larman

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