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Odd Birds Of A Feather

Jane Ridley THE COTTAGE BOOK: THE UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY DIARY OF AN EDWARDIAN STATESMAN by Sir Edward and Lady Grey Gollancz, f18.99, pp. 176 T his is a book that can't decide......

Where Fools Rush In

Robert Stewart THE BALKANS, 1804-1999 by Misha Glenny Crania, £25, pp. 726 D uring a television discussion of the recent troubles in Yugoslavia a senior politician remarked that......