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Malcolm Bradbury

From the NS archive: The wound and the bow

27 October 1978: On the precariousness of friendship between writers.

By Malcolm Bradbury

From the NS archive: The wound and the bow

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Malcolm Bradbury on Jane Austen: “Today nobody can dismiss Miss Austen”

On the 200th anniversary of "Pride and Prejudice", we republish a 1997 article by Malcolm Bradbury on the popular…

By Malcolm Bradbury

Can we love the Forsytes as before?

The remake of a classic serial about money and sex brings a tear to the eye of Malcolm Bradbury

By Malcolm Bradbury

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