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But maybe the Costa judges read Geoff Dyer's startling and damning assessment of Barnes's The Sense of an Ending: the two writers are, presumably, not Christmas card exchangers.
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Mars-Jones beat a scorching lineup of reviews to win the prize, from Geoff Dyer's rejection of Julian Barnes's Booker winner The Sense of an Ending "It isn't terrible, it is just so … average" to Mary Beard's demolition of Robert Hughes's Rome in the Guardian, which sees the classicist advise readers to skip the first 200 pages, calling the first half of the book "little short of a disgrace".
Review of The Hours author's latest book wins inaugural hatchet job award 2012
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It may be an indication of national temperament that the Englishmen in Mr. Barnes's collection deal with their midlife crises more timorously, by becoming servants to cautious routines.
Stories of Midlife Crises And Motherhood Dilemmas Sam Sacks 2011
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A week ago, a group of 10 and 11 year olds trooped into Barnes's classroom and she played them a clip from the film The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, which is about three drag queens travelling across the Australian outback.
Lessons on gay history cut homophobic bullying in north London school Jessica Shepherd 2010
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Barnes's aim is to "eradicate homophobia from all schools" by giving staff the confidence and resources required to tackle the prejudice.
Lessons on gay history cut homophobic bullying in north London school Jessica Shepherd 2010
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Even before Leigh Halfpenny was sin-binned after 50 minutes for obstructing O'Connor as he sought to gather Barnes's deft chip, Wales were on the back foot.
Warm words for Shane Williams but Wales face cold reality 2011
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It was the intelligence of Barnes's supporting run which stood out as much as the neat pop pass; when Jamie Roberts is shut down and their forwards are not getting them across the gain line either, Wales need to find similar ways to make things happen.
Warm words for Shane Williams but Wales face cold reality 2011
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A piece of shrapnel pierced John Barnes's brain, tearing through his frontal lobe, the region in charge of decision making, reason and morality.
The Cost of War: Traumatic Brain Injuries number 180,000, could be as many as 320,000 Melissa Bell 2010
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Barnes said McLeish's direct style of football might pass muster at Birmingham City, but Villa fans expected "silky football", a description harking back, subconsciously maybe, to Barnes's early days in the game when black footballers were routinely described as having "silky skills".
Alex McLeish's funnel vision is painful to watch | Martin Kelner 2011
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One of Barnes's colleagues, Anna Gluckstein, was teaching about Turing when a boy at the back of the class got up and chanted "batty man, batty man"?
Lessons on gay history cut homophobic bullying in north London school Jessica Shepherd 2010
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