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'Blackice, the Electric Rembrandt' We watch through tile shop-front lilte 13;llckie (draw,\\s stars - an cqual. ('oncentration onl his and thle outingstel'rs faces. '[he hand...

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ST EAK IIOUSIES Siim,-As the originalors of stcak houses in this country, we teel compelled to write to you to clear up one or two points arising from Leslie Adrian's excellent...

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'I AM A PORNOGRAIZh'U1ER' Swil,--Alas. Mr. Nicolas Walter is correct, Vlad(limlir Nabokov and Lawrence l)urrcIl have applredCL in *I'he Traveller's Companion Scries. However,...

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Slit, - hose evocative Socialist catch phrases chosen by your correspondent A. D. Lewis -thc 'private lortLunles . . .amassed' by consultants within the NUS, sound even sillier...

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