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‘The Specter of the Archive’ by Nicholas Popper review
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Arthur Cravan: The Disappearing Dadaist
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‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
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The Italian Social Republic: What was the Republic of Salò?
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Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
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