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Caspar Melville on the oddness of rock snobbery

Chris Paling suspends his disbelief for Haruki Murakami

Sally Feldman is unsatisfied by Forster's cast of vague characters

Michael Levey on Michelangelo, men and mankind

Haydn Mason reads an account of a Baroque clash of hearts and minds

Hazhir Teimourian examines the insularity of the Ottoman Empire

John Maddox is fascinated by a never-ending story

An exclusive poem by Ruth Padel

Jim Herrick considers the two sides of August Strindberg

Andrew Tudor wonders what happened to all the arthouse cinemas