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Simon Winchester

Simon Winchester has had two pieces published in Granta: ‘The Last Post’ in Granta 56 and ‘Diego Garcia’ in Granta 73. His book about the birth of contemporary geology, The Map that Changed the World, is published by Penguin in the UK.

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Essays & Memoir | Issue 73

Essays & Memoir | Issue 73

Diego Garcia

Simon Winchester

‘How do you persuade a thousand dogs to walk into a fire? How do you persuade them, as it were, to commit suttee?’

Essays & Memoir | Issue 73

Essays & Memoir | Issue 73

The Last Post

Simon Winchester

‘It is the roar, however, that is most magnificent and daunting’