Jeremy Clarke Jeremy Clarke

The magic of Anthony Powell

As the radioactive liquid flowed into my veins, I found my page and was transported to a literary luncheon in 1969

'A Dance to the Music of Time' by Nicolas Poussin [World History Archive /Alamy Stock Photo] 
issue 19 December 2020
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