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Leeds set to sign Patrick Bamford from Middlesbrough in 10m transfer | Leeds United

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Leeds United This article is more than 5 years oldLeeds set to sign Patrick Bamford from Middlesbrough in £10m transferThis article is more than 5 years old Former Chelsea striker had medical at Leeds on Monday Leeds sign Manchester City winger Jack Harrison on loanPatrick Bamford is close to completing an intriguing transfer from Middlesbrough to their Championship rivals Leeds United in a deal which could eventually be worth £10m. Read More...

Simon Sebag Montefiore: I worked down a South African goldmine at 17 | Life and style

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This much I knowLife and styleInterviewSimon Sebag Montefiore: ‘I worked down a South African goldmine at 17’Michael SegalovThe historian and author, 58, on his time as a war correspondent, his unusual family history and a hatred of scotch eggsBeing told my books are boring is my greatest fear. If anything, I put excessive violence and sex in them to ensure it’s a charge I’ll never face. My childhood was eccentric and wonderful. Read More...

The 100 best nonfiction books: No 44 Goodbye to All That by Robert Graves (1929)

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100 best nonfiction books of all timeAutobiography and memoirRobert Graves’s account of his experiences in the trenches of the first world war is a subversive tour de forceThe first world war is renowned for poetry (Owen, Sassoon, Rosenberg) more than prose, but there is one volume, this “autobiography”, partly set in the trenches, that continues to enthral readers with its irreverent, comic, and often bawdy first-hand account of frontline action in France. Read More...