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When Dumbo Flew

Jane Ridley ON HUNTING by Roger Scruton Yellow Jersey Press, £10, pp. 161 M ost books about hunting are unreadable to people who don't hunt. Just occasionally someone writes a......

A Mystery That Defies Analysis

Ian Ousby THE FIRST WORLD WAR by John Keegan Hutchinson, £25, pp. 500 S o far, says John Keegan, there have been few satisfactory general histories of the first world war. He is......

Old School Ties

Andrew M. Brown LEADING THE CHEERS by Justin Cartright Sceptre, £16.99, pp. 246 I n his new novel, Justin Cartwright turns his attention to the USA. The narrator, Dan Silas, a......