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The story of two cousins living in the Cotswolds is hilarious and humane—with a subtle political streak

Clive's editor remembers a man who remained a consummate writer to the end

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From the start British imperialism was about loot, not spreading civilisation

Even before the digital age, book-lovers were always prone to distraction

Mathematician Caucher Birkar won by a landslide—but who else made the top ten?

Interestingly, the names conjured were strikingly different from the kind of thinkers voted into our top 10

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