From the war in Ukraine to the life of Roger Deakin: new books reviewed in short
Also featuring Anna Metcalfe’s Chrysalis and Octavia Bright’s This Ragged Grace.
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Ellen Peirson-Hagger
Ellen Peirson-Hagger is assistant culture editor at the New Statesman. Her work includes reviews of books and music, interviews with prominent cultural figures and reports on the culture industries.
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The great pop plagiarism boom
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From Michael Magee to Susan Owens: new books reviewed in short
Also featuring Audrey Golden’s oral history of women at Factory Records and A Flat Place by Noreen Masud.
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André Carrilho on 110 years of the New Statesman: “Putin has grown puffier”
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