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AUGUST 2011 £3.50

ODESSA: PEARL OF THE BLACK SEA

Jan Morris on the City’s Turbulent History

Richard Overy on Germany’s Downfall

Saul David on a Convict Fiasco When Venice Ruled the Waves Marek Kohn: Are You All Man? Joan Smith: How To Be a Woman

Edward Thomas at the Front Nikolaus Pevsner on the Road Dava Sobel measures the Earth Bullfights ★ Stolen Turners ★ Sex on the Moon

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FICTION: Julian Barnes ★ Michael Ondaatje ★ Kingsley Amis ★ A L Kennedy...