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January 11, 1985 Issue - 39 Articles- News, pp. 4-6
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- New Left moves
Peter Kellner
, p. 7 - Thatcher goes for nerve gas
Duncan Campbell
, pp. 8-9 - Stockpiles in defence technology
Bill Niven
, pp. 10-11 - Scotland's coal
George Kerevan and Richard Saville
, pp. 12-13 - The miners' strike
Raphael Samuel
, pp. 14-15 - Crime as a class issue
Richard Kinsey and Jock Young
, p. 16 - Death of the doss house
Denis Knight
, p. 16 Foreign
- The secret policeman's fall
Tony Paterson
, p. 19 - China's marxism
Jonathan Mirsky
, p. 20 - Voice of America
Claudia Wright
, p. 21 Weekend
- Tribune's tribulations
Chris Mullin
, pp. 26-28 Books
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A vocation of leadership (2 Reviews) Mervyn Jones
, p. 29 Beatrice and Sidney Webb: Fabian Socialists, by Lisanne Radice
- Beatrice and Sidney Webb: Fabian Socialists by Lisanne Radice
- Educate, Agitate, Organise by Patricia M. Pugh
- The little train
Knute Skinner
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Skin deep (Review) Nigella Lawson
, p. 30 Face Value, by Robin Tolmach Lakoff and Raquel L. Scherr
- Face Value by Robin Tolmach Lakoff and Raquel L. Scherr
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Byways (Review) David Montrose
, p. 31 An American Procession, by Alfred Kazin
- An American Procession by Alfred Kazin
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Moving forwards (Review) Steven Rose
, p. 32 Order Out of Chaos, by Ilya Prigogine and Isabelle Stengers
- Order Out of Chaos by Ilya Prigogine and Isabelle Stengers
- Platonic afternoon
Felicity Napier
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Review Recollections: Mainly of Artists and Writers, ... (Review) Stephen Brook
, p. 33 - Recollections: Mainly of Artists and Writers by Geoffrey Grigson
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Review Country Writings, by Geoffrey Grigson (Review) Simon Rae
, p. 33 - Country Writings by Geoffrey Grigson
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Review Riding the Mountains Down, by Bettina Selby (Review) Victoria Neumark
, p. 33 - Riding the Mountains Down by Bettina Selby
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2 Reviews The Young Visitors, by Daisy Ashford (2 Reviews) Sarah Lawson
, p. 33 - The Young Visitors by Daisy Ashford
- Daisy Ashford: Her Life by R.M. Malcolmson
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Fiction (5 Reviews) Roger Lewis
, p. 34 Drawn from life
- Slow Learner by Thomas Pynchon
- To Bury Our Fathers by Sergio Ramirez
- Coup d'Etat by John Harvey
- The Killing of Yesterdays Children by M.S. Power
- The Dark Hole Days by Una Woods
Arts
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Films: They do things differently there (4 Reviews) John Coleman
, p. 35 Les Fleurs Sauvages (1982 Film), by Jean Pierre Lefebvre
- Les Fleurs Sauvages (1982 Film) by Jean Pierre Lefebvre
- Les Chiens (1977 Film) by Alain Jessua
- The Terminator (1984 Film) by James Cameron
- Finders Keepers (1984 Film) by Richard Lester
- Theatre
Benedict Nightingale
, p. 35 - Opera
Andrew Clements
, p. 36 - Limehouse Basin revisited
Jules Lubbock
, p. 37 Backchat
- Styles in public drinking
L.R. Gofton
, p. 38 - Work in progress on 'alternative' arts
Naseem Khan
, p. 39 - Television
Hugo Williams
, p. 40 - Weekend competition, p. 40
- Crossword, pp. 41-44
- Cover montage
Peter Kennard
Plus
- Hugh Stephenson, p. 17
- Diary
John Pilger
, p. 18 - Verse
Roger Woddis
, p. 18 - Letters, p. 22
- Slump, p. 22
- Feedback, pp. 23-25