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Then they said: Refugee

Ben Cooke reviews and Oxford student's film about Palestine

At crossed purposes

Ben Cooke declares ITV's new exorcism drama a biblical waste of time

Writers on film

Ben Cooke discusses why so many films about writers seem silly

The poet as performer

Ben Cooke discusses sound and senselessness in the verse of James Fenton

First farce, then tragedy: The Rise of Islamic State

Ben Cooke reviews Patrick Cockburn's timely new work

How not to talk to grown ups: Ian McEwan’s The Children Act

Ben Cooke reviews Ian McEwan's latest novel.

Loading the Canon: Ian Hamilton

Ben Cooke calls for the addition of poet and critic Ian Hamilton to the literary establishment

Loading the Canon: Darkness at Noon

Ben Cooke calls for the addition of Arthur Koestler's chilling novel to the literary establishment

Review: The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher

Ben Cooke explores Hilary Mantel's ‘Maggiephobia’ in her latest collection of short stories

Review: The Zone of Interest

Martin Amis' latest novel is seriously funny

Casualties of war: Two Syrian refugees in Istanbul

Ben Cooke recalls the sobering thoughts of two Syrian refugees he met while interrailing in the summer
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