Culture

Light and shade of a complex Eden

Rodgers and Cavendish gamely and colourfully attempt both to tell the stories and capture Granada’s long-standing mysterious appeal

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Round Midnight: Dutilleux, Merlin, Schoenberg (Erato)

This is razzle-dazzle entertainment; keep it by your bedside

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High art

Serenhedd James heads to Burlington House for the RA’s summer show

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Studio: Dubrovnik

Anthony Daniels visits the War Photo Limited gallery in Dubrovnik

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Truly global view of World War II

Richard Overy has done a signal service with this compellingly written, impressively researched book

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Beethoven, Birtwistle: A bag of bagatelles (Wergo)

Those who listen to music with an open mind are going to have a ball with this

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Nostalgia isn’t what it used to be

It’s not that life is perfect — it just isn’t the 70s

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The satisfaction of small pleasures

The most anticipated book of the year, a Booker Prize nominee and a posthumous release: John Self on three new, big releases this month

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One big Anglo family

The other Europeans Irish share the most in common with … are the British

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Out of the blue

Despite some political hang-ups, James Fox provides diverting stories on the history of colour

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