Wikipedia, that great source of instant human knowledge, tells me that the concept of ‘no man’s land’ was used in the Domesday Book to describe the parcels of land just outside the London city walls. There were later usages – to do with land disputes, with executions, and with some other mar…
Introduction: No Man’s Land
Sigrid Rausing
‘We tangle and project, in exile; we make it up as we go along.’
40 years of Granta

The Silkworms
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Peace Shall Destroy Many
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Blue Sky Days
What made him do what he did? Could it have all been for an ice cream bar, really? Will any of us ever know?

Vladimir in Love
What made him do what he did? Could it have all been for an ice cream bar, really? Will any of us ever know?

The Transition
What made him do what he did? Could it have all been for an ice cream bar, really? Will any of us ever know? What made him do what he did? Could it have all been for an ice cream bar, really? Will any of us ever know?
Sigrid Rausing
Sigrid Rausing is Editor and Publisher of Granta magazine and Publisher of Granta Books. She is the author of History, Memory and Identity in Post-Soviet Estonia and the memoirs Everything is Wonderful and Mayhem.
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