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id="heading"> <h1 id="section-heading"> <img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090906133335im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/static/78647/books/images/heading.gif" alt="Books"/> </h1> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090906133335/http://feeds.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/books/rss" rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="rss" class="feed" name="&lid={sectionHeading}{Webfeed}&lpos={sectionHeading}{1}">Webfeed</a> </div> <div class="heading first"> <div id="page-header" class="page-heading trailblock"> <h1> Editor's picks </h1> </div> </div> <div id="box"> <div id="content"> <div id="main-trailblock" class="trailblock"> <div class="col first"> <ul> <li class="trail image first"> <div class="pictureurl"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090906133335/http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/sep/06/wilfred-emmanuel-jones-rachel-cooke-interview" name="&lid={trailItemImageAndTrailText}{Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones: A far from traditional Tory}&lpos={trail}{1}" class="link-image"> <img 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