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Stardust And Shavings

Anthony Howard PEOPLE'S WITNESS: THE JOURNALIST IN MODERN POLITICS by Fred Inglis Yale, £18.95, pp. 416, ISBN 0300093276 T he dust jacket of this slightly sprawling, untidy book......

Retreat Into Fame

Penelope Hobhouse RAGE FOR ROCK GARDENING by Nicola Shulman Faber, £9.99, pp. 112, ISBN 1904095216 M ost gardeners know something about Reginald Farrer, the great rock garden......