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Your browser does not support the audio element. Pankaj Mishra joins Adam Shatz to discuss his recent LRB Winter Lecture, in which he explores Israel’s ...

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Your browser does not support the audio element. Alan Bennett reads extracts from his diary from March 2020 to March 2021. Alan Bennett’s pandemic diary will be ...