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Sarah Moorhouse

The Spectator

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Books / Were the French structuralists of the 1960s really as cool as they seemed?

‘Theory was cool. Theory was French. Theory was also, strange though it might sound, sexy.’ When Emily Eakin first encountered ‘theory’ as a...

07.08.2026 20

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Sarah Moorhouse

In praise of uncertainty over hollow conviction

When I met Brian Dillon in February 2023, he seemed to have a lot on his mind. We had arranged to speak about Affinities, the newly published final...

30.04.2026 40

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Sarah Moorhouse

Glamour and intrigue: The Silver Book, by Olivia Laing, reviewed

01.01.2026 30

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Sarah Moorhouse