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Diana Bagnall

The Case Against Fragrance by Kate Grenville

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April 2017, no. 390
Diana Bagnall reviews 'The Case Against Fragrance' by Kate Grenville

Kate Grenville’s publisher wasn’t keen on her writing a book about fragrance. He would have preferred another novel from the author of ...

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The New Yorker Book of the 60s: Story of a decade edited by Henry Finder

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March 2017, no. 389
Diana Bagnall reviews 'The New Yorker Book of the 60s: Story of a decade' edited by Henry Finder

Journalism is on the back foot. That’s putting it kindly. Hundreds of newspapers and thousands of careers have been consigned to the great media burial ground since the dawning of the digital age. Those still standing operate in a climate of deepening mistrust. From Trump’s America to Erdoğan’s Turkey, demagogues saddled with democratic political systems trum ...