Vaclav Havel
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He is a model of artistic and ethical courage
What would Václav Havel have made of gender wars?
The former Czech president and playwright would have invited JK Rowling over for a beer
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Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
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A combination of authoritarianism and hypocrisy proved fatal
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Jorge Luis Borges
A giant of Spanish letters who was forged by childhood exposure to his father’s vast English library
So long, Socrates
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First-past-the-post no longer means
an electoral carve-up between the
Tories and Labour, allowing “fringe”
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