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April 5, 1985 Issue - 34 Articles- News, pp. 4-6
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- Should Labour snuggle up to the Liberals?
Peter Kellner
, p. 7 - Raising a ra-ra for the council
Edward Pilkington
, p. 8 - MoD asbestos dump scandal
Indra de Lanerolle
, pp. 9-11 - A training in humour
Ian Williams
, p. 12 - The barriers against black lawyers
Jolyon Jenkins
, p. 12 - An answer to Ken Livingstone
John McDonnell
, p. 14 Foreign
- Where next in Iran-Iraq war?
Fred Halliday
, p. 17 - US duplicity over Afghanistan
Claudia Wright
, pp. 18-19 Weekend
- American anti-apartheid
Manning Marable
, pp. 22-24 Books
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Old school tribune (Review) Bernard Crick
, p. 25 Hugh Dalton, by Ben Pimlott
- Hugh Dalton by Ben Pimlott
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Part-work (Review) Anne Smith
, p. 26 Before I Go, by Mary Stott
- Before I Go by Mary Stott
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Fourth estate (Review) Michael Leapman
, pp. 27-29 The Power of the Press?, by Louis Heren
- The Power of the Press? by Louis Heren
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And is to come (Review) M.H. Ryle
, p. 30 The Heavy Dancers, by E.P. Thompson
- The Heavy Dancers by E.P. Thompson
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Fighting back (Review) Alison Hennegan
, p. 31 The Women's Sharp Revenge, by Simon Shepherd
- The Women's Sharp Revenge by Simon Shepherd
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Fiction 1: Stories (3 Reviews) Adrianne Blue
, p. 31 The real shock
- Family Dancing by David Leavitt
- Lives of the Poets by E.L. Doctorow
- Interzone: The First Anthology by John Clute, Colin Greenland, and David Pringle
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Fiction 2: Novels (4 Reviews) Grace Ingoldby
, p. 32 Search parties
- Out of the Blue by John Milne
- Say Goodbye to Sam by Michael J. Arlen
- Walking on Glass by Iain M. Banks
- God, He Was Good by J.K. Klavans
Arts
- Merlyn Evans
John Spurling
, p. 33 - Saxophone quartets
Charles Fox
, p. 33 - Theatre
Benedict Nightingale
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Films: Questing boy (4 Reviews) John Coleman
, pp. 36-37 The Neverending Story (1984 Film), by Wolfgang Petersen
- The Neverending Story (1984 Film) by Wolfgang Petersen
- Fast Talking (1984 Film) by Ken Cameron
- My Own Country (1985 Film) by Lino Brocka
- Beauty and the Beast (1946 Film) by Jean Cocteau
Backchat
- Sekaten in Java
Jonathan Falla
, p. 38 - Work in progress on Welfare State International
Naseem Khan
, p. 39 - Television
Hugo Williams
, p. 39 - Weekend competition, p. 40
- Salamanca, pp. 40-44
- Cover drawing
John Minnion
Plus
- This England, p. 13
- Mediawatch
John Ellis
, p. 15 - Diary
David Edgar
, p. 16 - Verse
Roger Woddis
, p. 16 - Letters, p. 20
- Slump, p. 20
- Feedback
Peter Bradley
, p. 21