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					<description><![CDATA[Attempting &#8211; unsuccessfully &#8211; to get my head round the roots of the Ukraine war, via Orlando Figes&#8217; magisterial Crimea. &#8212; For Perspective]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Attempting &#8211; unsuccessfully &#8211; to get my head round the roots of the Ukraine war, <a href="https://perspectivemag.co.uk/in-russian-hands/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">via Orlando Figes&#8217; magisterial <em>Crimea</em></a>.</p>
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For <a href="https://perspectivemag.co.uk/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Perspective</em></a></p>
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					<description><![CDATA[Review of Alexandria: the Quest for the Lost City, by Edmund Richardson. &#8212; For The Spectator]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Review of <em><a href="https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/a-pawn-in-the-great-game-the-sad-story-of-charles-masson" target="_blank">Alexandria: the Quest for the Lost City</a></em>, by Edmund Richardson.</p>
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For <a href="https://www.spectator.co.uk/" target="_blank"><em>The Spectator</em></a></p>
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