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An Embarrassment Of Choice

Robin Denniston THE ROMAN OPTION by William Oddie HarperCollins, £16.99, pp. 256 T he Roman option is, or was, one inter- esting reaction to the decision of the Church of......

My Old Man Was A Handful

John Michell PARADISE FEVER by Ptolemy Tompkins Bloomsbury, £12.99, pp. 286 P tolemy has a remarkable father, Peter Tompkins, who drove him crazy while pro- viding the material......