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...Generals Paul von Hindenburg and Erich Ludendorff, the victors of Tannenberg and who ended up in effect running Germany, were, for all their faults, competent —as was the Russian Aleksei Brusilov....
...To the dancers and their coaches; to orchestra and conductors; to Victor and Lilian Hochhauser who made it happen, and to Makhar Vaziev, the ballet’s artistic director: much gratitude. And affection....
...The Worlds of Joseph Conrad, by Maya Jasanoff, William Collins, RRP£25 A window into the world at the dawn of the 20th century through the life and work of a great novelist....
...It’s an education, too, to see Conrad Atkinson’s impeccable wall piece “Northern Ireland 1968-May Day 1975”, where photographs and slogans from Loyalist, Republican and British army factions winkle out the...
...The victor crossed the finish an arm’s length ahead of his rival. He had covered a full kilometre in less than a minute....
...But both remain formidable performers, and an inspiration to talents in their prime such as number eight Kieran Read, ball-handling lock Brodie Retallick, incisive wing Ben Smith and stylish centre Conrad...
...Cols and Passes of the British Isles, by Graham Robb, Particular, RRP£20 Robb is best known for writing about France — biographies of Victor Hugo, Rimbaud and Balzac and histories including The Discovery...
...He was a former merchant seaman-craftsman working the east Asian routes: a Joseph Conrad man. His union was a Protestant bulwark of empire, sadly rotting....
...In the conservative National Review magazine, Conrad Black, the former owner of The Daily Telegraph and Chicago Sun-Times, who served time in prison for corporate fraud, maintains that the president’s supporters...
...victor.mallet@ft.com More columns at www.ft.com/mallet...
...Travel Compiled by Harry Eyres Islands: A Trip Through Time and Space By Peter Conrad Thames & Hudson £14.95, 192 pages Islands are usually seen as idyllic retreats, but in Conrad’s view they can be prisons...
...“She's got a familiarity with business cases and that's a plus for us,” says Robin Conrad of the chamber's legal arm, the National Chamber Litigation Center....
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