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In the mid-nineteen-nineties, Koushun Takami was dozing on his futon on the island of Shikoku, Japan, when he was visited by an apparition: a maniacal schoolteacher addressing a group of students. “All right, class, listen up,” Takami heard the teacher…
Pierre Verger was born in Paris in 1902, as a wild child of the haute bourgeoisie, and died in 1996 in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, as Pierre Fatumbi Verger, a revered elder of the Candomblé sect. In between, he lived like…
Ahangarani sees poignant resonances between the events of 1988 and the scenes playing out in Iran today. Three years ago, the Iranian filmmaker Pegah Ahangarani was looking through her family picture album, and saw a photo of herself in a…
Arsenal have made initial contact with Bayer Leverkusen over French winger Moussa Diaby, after missing out on Mykhailo Mudryk. Leverkusen do not want to sell the 23-year-old mid-season, having quoted €100m (£88.5m) to interested clubs in the summer. Diaby’s contract…
“I was quite surprised I was playing there, to be honest, in such a big game!” Luke Shaw wasn’t the only one who didn’t expect he’d be at centre-back for Manchester United in the derby with Manchester City on Saturday.…
It is no wonder Dave Challinor says he will remember his maiden Sky Bet Manager of the Month award as an EFL manager forever. Granted, his Stockport side played only three matches in December, owing to the freezing conditions that…
