User talk:Simonmacd

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January 2014[edit]

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* Rey Chow. China as documentary: Some basic questions (inspired by Michelangelo Antonioni and Jia Zhangke. European Journal of Cultural Studies. 2014, 17,

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Your submission at Articles for creation: sandbox (May 22)[edit]

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November 2014[edit]

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dispute occasioned by the republication in 1718 of ''The Marrow of Modern Divinity'' (originally published in two parts in [[London]] in 1645 and 1649 by "E. F.", generally believed to

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Your draft article, User:Simonmacd/sandbox[edit]

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Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. TKK! bark with me! 04:31, 29 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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