Stephen Tall

Here’s today’s hand-picked selection that caught my interest…

• Michael Gove's gang perfect the art of fighting dirty| Nick Cohen | Comment is free | The Observer
  Interesting post by @NickCohen4 > Michael Gove’s gang perfect the art of fighting dirty http://buff.ly/WXrdm3
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  What’s happening in Spanish politics right now is potentially quite scary > Spain’s government: Another blow http://buff.ly/WWrZQj
• George Packer: Hillary Clinton’s Diplomatic Legacy : The New Yorker
  Interesting critique of Obama’s foreign policy by George Packer http://buff.ly/W8eYlb Has failed to engage deep or trust Sect/State enough
• The Young Men Who Shocked Victorian England | History Today
  A fascinating tale > The Young Men Who Shocked Victorian England | History Today http://buff.ly/WWfQLa
• Britain and Argentina's Shared History | History Today
  Ergo, back in your box Argentina > Britain and Argentina’s Shared History http://buff.ly/WWffJs
• The Discovery of Richard III: A Propaganda War | History Today
  Wow, comments in this History Today article as bonkers as the Telegraph’s > Discovery of Richard III: A Propaganda War http://buff.ly/WWf5lo
• The Shape of a Life: Richard III's Twisted Bones : The New Yorker
  Stephen Greenblatt on how Richard III’s been seducing us for 4 centuries > RIII’s Twisted Bones http://buff.ly/W88C5q
• Britain’s spending on ramming people in jail is lunacy at a time of austerity – Telegraph
  Well done to @ben4ipswich for this > Britain’s spending on ramming people in jail is lunacy at a time of austerity http://bit.ly/W85YfX
• Stephen W. Smith · In Search of Monsters: What are they doing in Mali? · LRB 7 February 2013
  How the anti-neocon French re-adopted la Françafrique in Mali: Stephen W Smith goes in search of monsters in the LRB http://buff.ly/11jwtPN