Num.1 - Five Dials

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Number

IaIN SINclaIr 6 The Well-thumbed Turgenevrachel lIchteNSteIN 8 The Story O Hatton Garden

Joe DuNthor Ne 11 Three Poems

harI KuNzru 12 New Fiction

alaIN De bottoN 14 Oers his advice

GuStave Flaub ert 15 My Struggles With Bovary


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C O T R B U T O R

DeaN alleN dsigns Five Dials. His si is xis..

mo NI ca ba lD w IN is f nn.

Paul Dav IS n isd n Bgs k, Red Tenda o Bologna.

alaIN De bottoNs s k, The Architecture o Happiness, dissss

qsins f nd ginss in i.

N Ic K De wa rs isins ppd in n f gins, inding

Harpers nd The Atlantic Monthly. H n d sn Cifni.

Joe Du NthorN es d n is nid Submarine.

Gu St ave Fl au be rt is fMadame Bovary, ng s.Sy bI lle hemmI NG S did pis ns in ig f n s.

ks p-i Wis i p.

harI KuNzru is f ns, inding My Revolutions.

r ac hel l Ic hte NSt eI N is n k n k Lndn s

d Hn dn. is , s n, fOn Brick Lane.

JaSoN loGa N is nd is fI We Ever Break Up,

This Is My Book. His snd sn, n, s n in Api.

le aNN e Sh aPto N is nd is fWas She Pretty? is -

ppi f &L Bks, sd in Yk Ci.

Ia IN SI Nc la Irs n k, Hackney, That Rose-Red Empire,

i pisd in , 2009

cr aIG taylor dis Five Dials.

rob IN yaS SI N-K aS Sa b is fThe Road From Damascus.

i kd s jnis in kisn.

Five Dials is g i p f Deb bI e h at FI el D, aN Na Ke ll y, NIc K

lowNDe S, Jul Iett e mIt chel l, nd SImoN P roSSer.

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uNleSS otherwISe NoteD, all IlluStratIoNS by NIcK Dewar


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Robin Yassin-Kassab re-experiences the complexities o an ancient land


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sid. Y kn, rummers, in i

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sd , Wip

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knn sin kids.

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d nd, s i, gn

nd .


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Joe Dunthorne

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if s s disnd pi gn ,

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i ning.

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nd n s did.

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p-s .

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if nd igin n ni

if f s is iss

in k-d pi sp,

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s fg-kiks in ig

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s k k

nd is

nik ni i spsik p- nd.

si nd si

nd dn f id.


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din pnis, s, nsp-ps, di nks, pii iss,

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snds f pnis i xpi s

i n ng p ndiins f

sjgin. ng i id

f ngs in sks.

ng i k ss in dis-

d is p i n s.

gin i i s s f

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pns f fings f ss-

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f pid j. T s-d kndgn ss n f . Wi-

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p iniins ss? O s

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fning, sf-nniiing gid f

f ginnings, s

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din. B n n . Tnnis

qs nd s s dn pn-

s f if f kp s. i-

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nn f .

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ik-isd, p-ii fs.

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in n s i, if nd in i ink is ik

nd p n js nd igs

gin n g in

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in pid dinks, s-

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pi s s. Tis is n

n p g ssisns.

n n, ging ns

n s ni s,

ns pf dns nd C nd if

snd-gs q d f

d s pn s nding

nn-xisn p dinn.

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ppd idn. W, sg,

dn kn k ,

n s d gd sp ps

i s, nd s n nd s f. Ts

p d, isn i? pp nd d-

nd. A iins ing n

n k i p ds ig.

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13

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sd ss f. f s

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f f. O, dsi n ps-

sin, ig. W gging sds

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fnn. Y n sp. Af ,

ping pi f dis-

sin. W p n, s s n p s. Y ink n

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pd d, iniqis ss-

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sds! T f f i, Big Li! T

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14

Problem oNe: I am a nervous publicspeaker and next month I have to address a

meeting o top business managers. Do you have

any advice on how I might keep calm on stage?

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pnning k . Af , k

ndn i fi nd

gng, g s p

din n ings. B

in s f s sinss ngs,

si n -d ,i s psing n

ps f sp. is f ssni

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n ind. T p i sk,

nd d (nd pps

p sf s f ging n

sg) pssg f sixn n-

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ssi p sinss ngs

f ds kings nd pisps:

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sd, si, pn ss. ings

nd pisps si: nd s d dis.

Au plus eslev throne du monde si ne sommes

assis que sus nostre cul. Les Roys et les philos-

ophes fentent, et les dames aussi.

Problem two: My boyriend(Tom) is a

kind and loving man, but oten when he pays me

a compliment, I get upset, because o the way he

does it. Last week he said he loved me and then

added, almost immediately ater, because your

bottom is so pert. Its true that my bottom is pert(I go to the gym a lot ), but Im uncomortable

with such remarks. Another time, he said that

what he really liked about me was my breasts

(they are quite large!!!! ). Am I being ungrateul

or is there something to complain about?

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d f? Tg n ,

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d f psn ink .

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ns f s. f ss

s f d , n

, s ns n nsi-

pppi gs f .

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d id f ing d f idis. T spnd nsid

n f i inking f i pp-

n ( g ), n sn

fs in i , dn is

s dis n fs f .

n fns, nd i s ning d i

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pin. T d d f s-

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nd: is, ds, is, nd

pn nd ss.

i psn ng s-

ss, sn i sn f in

i . B s s is id-

id pp sd n-

ndiin f pn f i .

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d f in pss nd k ndi-

in. is n ,

dniin n gin

i d n n f xinsi

isis. n s f s d

nd kd f, f dsip f i nds

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d f, in spi f, i diing,

ping, iing, ing nd ss

s.

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in ndiin n n f

ins sing nk ,

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diss nd , king i, -

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s ings gn ins fs, dsi is n s

ipss g ns sss s -

n d pn i

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pn nd nd d-

i, . Af , if

d ndiin, ppns n

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p xising, n f ding in ing king in . Tn gin,

dsi is s nisi nd n

pp, pisps ng ,

is jdgd i is nin isi-

ing g.

P r o b l e m t h r e e :A riend o mine has

recently been let by her boyriend and is very

upset. Id like to cheer her up and thought o

taking her out to dinner somewhere nice. I live

in Grimsby and wondered i you had any nice

ideas or restaurants in the town or the vicinity?

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in is sd king

find n in s p.

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(nspid) ni diss-

s s sd. And if is is g,

s ns i is sf

s sn s n f in .

f pin f sd i s

f pnpin, i is fsd

in snd Hd s nd in

gn piisi sp f

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nss. Tis piis ks s s d-

n gs ng f s: s

n n f pin f ss f ,

s f pin f ing in pin

n sppsd pp. n is

siin, i is ppn s s-

f ing n n d i sn

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i pps i fing f psin

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nining: nss f s, p-

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n. Y find pi p-

pi Rn pisps k

( n n id is f n sin d): W nd

is p ps f if? T

f i s f s.

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Alain de Botton is here to help you


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15

Croisset, January 12 or 14, 1852 ids id, d-pssd. M sd B is ing

nd diing d. Ls nd

[find nd dis Lis] Bi

iiid n f s nd

in. n d ning i:

is s in ss, f

ppsi is s. A,

id nd disgd! Y Ms-

. W d Ms!

i is pssi

ing sn d ng spdk, fdisinins n g nd s

spis. Eing dpnds n

npin. s!

ging nin, nd s qik s

n, in d p pi.

T ns n is ks

is dd. A! n i

s n xpind

gnis f A!

Croisset, January 16, 1852 T in ,

i spking, disin psns:

n is infd i s, i-

is, g igs, sniis f ps

nd ig pins f ids; nd n

digs nd s in

s dp s n, iks

f s spf s ig n,

d ik k f s

psi ings pds; is

psn iks g nd njs

ni sids f n

W ss if , sd ik i, is k

ning, k dpndn n ning

xn, i d d g

sng f is s, js s

, sspndd in id, dpnds n

ning xn f is spp; k

i d s n sj,

s in i sj d s

inisi, if s ing is pssi. T

ns ks s nin

s ; s xpssin s

g, s ngg s iniding nd ging i i, n

s. i f f A

is in is diin. s i, s i s d-

pd f is ginnings, ging p-gssi , f Egp-

in pns i ns, f

20,000 in Hind ps sins

f Bn. , s i is sd, s

nd. s dissid f n

ig, , dsik; pi is disd

in f f n, s in f f

ps; is n ng n d,

nd f is s f s i f is -

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sd : gnns

gn g sii in, f in dspiss siiss f

f.

is f is sn n

n sjs ign sjs; f

sndpin f p A n ig -

s sis xi is n

s ing s sj, s in isf ing

n s nn f sing ings.

Croisset, February 1, 1852 Bd k. Wk

didn g; d d pin

didn kn s. s sd-

ings nd nns; s p in

dk: i is di if

ns f ds is si s in

gs. d ins, spid

f pp, ndd nd fd.

s pps nd gin.

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n id f kind f k

iing. n ks s

sn; in is n ing

ip, nd f gi- sig in. iis, n -

ns, s psni sn.

i k sd ding; i

is d nd sdid ings.

Bi, id s nd

js f d in , inks

n is ig nd ps k i

gd. M d gn i! B i p-

iss k p n ns n f

i. s in n g

ginning f nx in. ding

n n six pgs k.

Croisset, March 3, 1852 Tnk , nk

, ding, f in

snd . ks pd

sd f pp ; i

nx k!

js d s idns

ks f n. f

nig, f ings kd

d f d kpsks s f

sipks nd ns. p nd ngings d d n

s sn ig nd dn sn

sin. T ks pind nd

s pind gn. A sig f s

f (f insn sn sing

pp sndd n i s) -xp-

ind fings f d s

id. sd ik sing d

p i f ind; s fid

g d. T is s f

sis in i-nd s, i s

king in i (is pisd kp k), nd n

Cins pis sking p f f

gdn ids. M s nd id-

d is, f

, fs, i ding f

s nd is p in spi

ds n n ing

i ds f ng gis, nd f

is pps n niging in

ik ns f ks ss nd

ds in i-pd ps.

Rind spk is.

Y n gi x dis nd.

Croisset, March 2021, 1852 T ni

f k, if i s n, i nsis

f ing knn k sig

d n i, nd

sss f iis nd gi (i

sk fs in ni ni). Wn

ink f i n dd. B

n, n s

s n nsd , s i-d sid i ps nd ng

s nd id n.

n king ik f fn ng

s. A if id i ni-

snnss, kping

pssins kd p in gs nd isiing

n n nd n f disin. O,

if pd gd k

kd f i! Wd d Bns

sps ds . [Le genie est

une longue patience.] sd in

ng fs.The Selected Letters o

Gustave Flaubert, 1954

how to wrIte a letter

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One wretched master seeking guidance


16/18

16

A niece o Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin,Monica Baldwin became a nun just beore

World War One.

The walls o the monastery were thick and

hardly a shred o news fltered in rom the shell-

shocked world. Now and again a nun would

be sent or by Reverend Mother and told that

some relation had been wounded or killed; but

I cant remember reading a single newspaper

during the whole our years. One day, ater

the bells were rung in celebration, the Reverend

Mother told them the war was over. They sang

T . That, or me, represented WorldWar Number One.

Baldwin let her cloistered lie on 26 October

1941, and couldnt have chosen a worse mo-

ment or a re-immersion into the outside world.

Friends were shocked. What with clothes

coupons, ood rationing, travelling restrictionsand the appalling rise in the cost o living, how

on earth they asked did I imagine I should

ever be able to cope? Food rations made sense,

but there were more intricate modern issues to

be explained. In her only book, published in

November 1949, Baldwin grappled with the

problems posed to an ex-nun. Most rightening

was what lay beneath.

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s ig ing nx

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s nks. H, d

sing nd indisiin p-

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sd-sppd nd s nd,nd ns in; ,

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f i, fdd in s f in

ks nd ps nk.

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f gss, si nd ssn

f spids , s sd.

sid, Hs fndin g-

n. A, s pp n pns nd brassiere, is d -d

s g d s i

s.

xind j, ing

1914. n s ds, ni gi sd

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Looking Back to 1949

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18/18

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in ps. T sdn . Y

kn sdn. B d ,

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kik in gis sis, g.

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nd if si . s xi-

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d ig f . g

i is n. js d .

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g Cs n d i f . nds

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p, kn n? i

kd p din f .

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f iin in f ks. And

n is f Tss, isn i? n

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s ik s p in sd-

d, n f s ssi pp sdds.

Y dn f i ig-. T is d finds, Ck

p f i gs did.

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David R., Bristol, age 37, on Tss f dUis

IlluStratIoN: Paul DavIS, tet: c raIG taylor.

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