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Rachel Cusk
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The best books of the year so far

By Rebecca Laurence and Lindsay Baker

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Books
Britain's most scandalous family
By John Self
Gertrude Stein
Literature
The memoir that scandalised Paris
By Cath Pound
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Books
Literature's most misunderstood icon?
By Lillian Crawford
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Books
The gay love affairs being uncovered
By Matt Cain
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Style
The worst fashion disasters in fiction
By Rosalind Jana
Disney adaptation of Alice in Wonderland
Art
The children's book that's for adults
By Holly Williams
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Identities
Britain's first black aristocrats
By Fedora Abu
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Books
The cult of the 'orgasm man'
By Neil Armstrong
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Theatre
A 400-year-old story still relevant now
By Sally Bayley
Eton pupils
Literature
The school that rules Britain
By John Self
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Books
The great 'lost' female superhero
By Nicholas Barber
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Film
The most outrageous plot twist on TV?
By Neil Armstrong
Getty Images
Books
Why we are living in 'Gothic times'
By Hephzibah Anderson
Getty
Books
The Frankenstein's monsters of today
By John Self
Mia Farrow and Robert Redford in The Great Gatsby
Literature
The world's most misunderstood novel
By Hephzibah Anderson
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