From the NS archive: Australia’s fairy gladmother
23 August 1974: Dame Edna and the other bizarre creations of Barry Humphries have been transmogrified by a nation of…
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From the NS archive: The Ukrainian revolt
19 October 1918: A peasant revolution aimed at foreign troops, landowners and the Church.
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From the NS archive: Shakespeare’s garden
26 May 1923: With what relish Shakespeare recites his catalogue of flowers!
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From the NS archive: Dublin’s (cool) hope
31 March 1972: Northern Ireland now holds a colonial status.
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From the NS archive: New novels
25 April 1936: In Keep the Aspidistra Flying, George Orwell makes it clear that he hates London and everything there.
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From the NS archive: Body snatching
17 January 1986: Can a courtroom drama, plus media nostalgia, bring punk rock back from the grave?
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From the NS archive: Britain, Russia and the Cold War
2 May 1959: There is reason to believe that Mr Macmillan himself shares the general pessimism about Soviet intentions.
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From the NS archive: The irreverent laugh
14 February 1931: The latest hostile critic of laughter is Mr HG Wells.
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