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The old order is dying…
...the new struggles to be born, said Antonio Gramsci, the Italian marxist philosopher who was jailed for more than 20 years by the Italian dictator Mussolini - who is back in vogue in his own country.
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RIP March 2019
Japanese tattooists, an English philosopher, international rock stars, and a sprinkling of mafiosi - all these and more took some permanent leave in March.
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Money for old rope
The job of official executioner in Britain didn't require much training - about a week at Newgate prison would do. Hangmen tended to be either tight-lipped - perhaps the consequence of having to sign the Official Secrets Act - or drunken limelight-seekers. Tiresias delves into their history.
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