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Francoise Sagan's Bonjour Tristesse

Five writers recall clothes and accessories that resonate vividly in works of art:

Journalist Rachel Cooke remembers reading the best-seller Bonjour Tristesse as a teenager, in which a character's memorable slacks, or 'pedal pushers', said everything about French chic. Or so she thought.

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  • Tue 12 Jan 2016 22:45
  • Tue 20 Nov 2018 22:45

Death in Trieste

Death in Trieste

A 1760s murder still informs ideas about aesthetics, a certain sort of sex, and death.

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Five compelling experiences of what it is like to be deaf in 21st-century Britain.

The Book that Changed Me

Five figures from the arts and science introduce books that changed their lives and work.

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