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Culture
Sportswashing, political footballs and the World Cup
Andy Walsh
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With the football World Cup starting next week, Andy Walsh has a very timely review of a new book that reveals the dark underbelly of the beautiful game as it hits the headlines around the globe.
Learning lessons from the history of the British far left
Clive Hedges
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A new book charting the history of the far left in Britain from 1956 to the present day offers the reader an illuminating analysis on the left’s strengths and weaknesses, says Clive Hedges.
Words of advice for the BBC’s new man at the top
Granville Williams
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The new BBC director general Matt Brittin starts work this week. Below, Granville Williams reviews a new book which contains 24 letters of advice to the BBC’s new man at the top.