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Tali Fraser, Damian Thompson, Matthew Wilson & Christa d’Souza
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This week: Tali Fraser gives the definitive answer to what Andy Burnham’s ‘Manchesterism’ actually is; Damian Thompson asks if there is any route back for the Society of St Pius X; Matthew Wilson discusses whether Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey can live up to the 2,700-year history of artworks depicting Homer’s epic; and Christa d’Souza reads her Notes on … Tans.
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