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Philip Hensher

Philip Hensher

The Guardian

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Books / A revival of Alan Bennett’s early work is long overdue

It is a curious literary form, the published diary. A surprising number of the classic diarists did write for eventual, usually posthumous,...

19.03.2026 8

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Spin doctors / The doctor will patronise you now

09.02.2026 20

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Spin doctors / The doctor will patronise you now

09.02.2026 30

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The doctor will patronise you now

08.02.2026 8

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Spin doctors / The doctor will patronise you now

06.02.2026 20

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Spin doctors / The doctor will patronise you now

05.02.2026 20

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Kemi Badenoch’s favourite book is the perfect choice

01.02.2026 10

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Seasonal jeer / The joy of a miserable literary Christmas

25.12.2025 20

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The joy of a miserable literary Christmas

20.12.2025 20

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Seasonal jeer / The joy of a miserable literary Christmas

11.12.2025 10

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Books / Are Vermeer’s paintings really coded religious messages?

28.10.2025 20

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Books / Are Vermeer’s paintings really coded religious messages?

28.10.2025 10

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Literature / Jilly Cooper’s novels could well become classics

07.10.2025 9

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Books / Since when did the English love to queue?

02.10.2025 10

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Books / Christopher Marlowe, the spy who changed literature for ever

28.08.2025 10

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Give Eric Ravilious a rest

31.07.2025 10

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Closed books / Public libraries deserve to shut – they’ve forgotten why they exist

07.07.2025 10

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Public libraries deserve to shut – they’ve forgotten why they exist

05.07.2025 10

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Public libraries deserve to shut – they’ve forgotten why they exist

03.07.2025 10

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Spare us from ‘experimental’ novels

05.06.2025 20

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Books / Whether adored or despised, Princess Diana is never forgotten

06.05.2025 10

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Books / Whether adored or despised, Princess Diana is never forgotten

06.05.2025 10

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Books / The pointlessness of the German Peasants’ War – except in Marxist ideology

06.02.2025 10

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Books / Once upon a time in Germany: the Grimms’ legacy of revenge and gory redemption

14.01.2025 20

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Books / Once upon a time in Germany: the Grimms’ legacy of revenge and gory redemption

14.01.2025 10

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Books / Once upon a time in Germany: the Grimms’ legacy of revenge and gory redemption

12.01.2025 10

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