The Paris Olympics opening ceremony was more Eurovision than Bastille Day
Rainfall and narrative incoherence marred an ambitious international parade.
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New Times,
New Thinking.
Rainfall and narrative incoherence marred an ambitious international parade.
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ByThe Fitzwilliam Museum’s latest show highlights an era that saw the sporting and artistic worlds converge.
ByThe more tennis and football I played, the worse I got.
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ByThey are different entities. But one is not less important than the other.
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