Confessions
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Thus began a short, tumultuous career in left-wing politics, chronicled in “Nothing Left: Confessions of a Democratic Operative,” published next week.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
On the cover of her latest album, Confessions II, Madonna's face is obscured by a purple veil.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
A much-rumoured Kylie duet doesn't appear on Confessions II, but this would have been the perfect track for it; all brightness and light, with a loved-up lyric about a "movie star with deep blue eyes".
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
Guy de la Bédoyère’s “The Confessions of Samuel Pepys” is effectively a supplement to the superlative complete edition made by Robert Latham and William Matthews and published in 11 volumes between 1970 and 1983.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
St. Augustine—who in his Confessions writes, “I came to the fields and spacious palaces of memory”—gave memory the honor of being one of the three faculties of the soul.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
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