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The Lehman Trilogy: a Homeric epic

The Lehman Trilogy: a Homeric epic

Many small businesses started by Jewish refugees in the nineteenth century were to prove highly successful, among them our own Marks and Spencer. But the one-room general store which Henry Lehman opened in Alabama in 1844 was in a league of its own. Over the next 140...

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Parthenon Frieze Stars in the London Olympics

Parthenon Frieze Stars in the London Olympics

Sporting motifs from ancient Olympia were popping up everywhere in the run-up to the Summer Games of 2012. But how did the sculptures which once decorated a temple over a hundred miles from Olympia fit into this picture? Earlier in the year I put this question to...

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