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Books

My first countess Bevis Hillier ELIZABETH LONGFORD: THE AUTHORISED BIOGRAPHY by Frances Makower Hodder, £17.99, pp. 212 C hristmas comes but once a year and when it comes it......

Let Me Not Be Mad, Not Mad, Sweet Heaven

Theodore Dalrymple STAYING SANE: HOW TO MAKE YOUR MIND WORK FOR YOU by Raj Persaud Metro, £17.99, pp. 388 hat is sanity? As with poetry, it is easier to say what it isn't than......

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