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Charlie Connelly

Anaïs Nin in 1969

Arts & Culture

The introspective spirit who teased out the talents of others

Charlie Connelly

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Locals stare at a beggar in the street in Posen, Prussia - now part of Poland - in a photograph from 1910

Books

The underground language of Europe's outcasts

Charlie Connelly

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Alberto Giacometti stands in the stairwell to his house, where the walls are decorated with his sculptures

Great European Lives | Opinion

Alberto Giacometti and the moment that transformed his art

Charlie Connelly

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Two operators search for the remains of Miguel de Cervantes at the Convent of the Barefoot Trinitarians in Madrid in 2014. The same team are involved in the latest search

Books | Opinion

Spain's search for its lost Shakespeare

Charlie Connelly

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The dancer Rudolf Nureyev

Great European Lives

The dancing defector whose ego almost overshadowed his talent

Charlie Connelly

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Gregg Wallace's bookshelf, buckling under the weight of books, attracted plenty of attention and comment

Books

From Zoom bookcases to Donald Trump's bible... a bibliophile's review of...

Charlie Connelly

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Traditional hand-made wooden nutcracker figures in Seiffen, Germany

Books

The spooky German tale that inspired a Christmas tradition

Charlie Connelly

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Conny Plank at work by the mixing desk in the control room of his recording studio at Wolperath in 1982

Music

The man who turned down Bowie and Bono

Charlie Connelly

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British spy-thriller writer David Cornwell down at the docks

Arts & Culture | Opinion

John le Carré - The author who called out government's 'patriotism' as...

Charlie Connelly

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Human rights activist Andrei Sakharov speaking (few days before his death) during session of Congres

Great European Lives

The Soviet hero who turned dissident

Charlie Connelly

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