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John Berger: From Life by Tom Overton review – a vibrant biography of the pioneering critic

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This multi-layered portrait is a fitting tribute to the man behind Ways of Seeing The cultural critic John Berger was still alive and kicking when he donated his literary archive – heaped boxes of letters and notepads, sketches and scripts – to the B…

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