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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......

When The Wheels Come Off

Marcus Berkmann R ock stars these days have all the advantages, which may be why so few of them are of much interest as human beings. If the rock biography has become debased......