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Many modern historians have a rose-tinted view of ancient Athenian democracy. But in reality, theatre was part of the cultural backdrop to an imperialist democracy.
Melvyn Bragg talks to one of the great men of American letters about politics, literature and living.
A tale of crime and punishment by the veteran lady of letters P D James, published exclusively by the New Statesman.
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