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Hugh Barnes

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Hugh Barnes is a war reporter and author of three books (Special Effects, Gannibal and Understanding Iran) and editor of green-socialist.com

Articles By Hugh Barnes

Words of War review - portrait of a doomed truth-seeker in Putin's Russia

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Two to One review - bank heist with a big catch

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Stelios review - Athenian rhapsody in blues

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The Problem With People review - local zero

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Alan Hollinghurst: Our Evenings review - a gift that keeps on giving

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The Room Next Door review - Almodóvar out of his comfort zone

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Endurance review - the greatest escape, AI-assisted

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Timestalker review – she's lost control again

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The Teacher review - tense West Bank drama

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The law's sick voyeurism - director Cédric Kahn on 'The Goldman Case'

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My Favourite Cake review - woman, love, and freedom

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Anna Reid: A Nasty Little War - The West's Fight to Reverse the Russian Revolution review - home truths

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Priscilla review - Bluebeard suede shoes

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Tchaikovsky's Wife review - husband material

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Angela Leighton: Something, I Forget review - the art of letting go

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Dance First - the travails of Samuel Beckett

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