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Spadework

John Stewart Collis An axe, a spade and ten acres George Courtauld (Secker £7.50) r George Courtauld declares that there are only three necessities in life — a spade, an axe and......

A Wonderfully Funny Novel

Francis King Scandal A. N. Wilson (Hamish Hamilton 03.95) t is on the sad detritus of past political scandals that this highly entertaining novel has been constructed. The......

Scotch Mannerist

James Knox C onsidering that Charles Rennie Mack- Ni.,intosh practised as an architect in Glasgow, it is astonishing how many of his buildings survive. His masterpiece, the......