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A Yellow Streak

Matthew Parris TO RENEW AMERICA by Newt Gingrich HarperCollins, £18, pp. 272 I first caught Newt Gingrich on CNN in the small hours of the morning, in a hotel in Chile.......

To Thine Own Self Be True

Alasdair Palmer RE-WRITING THE SOUL: MULTIPLE PERSONALITY AND THE SCIENCE OF MEMORY by Ian Hacking Princeton, £19.95, pp. 336 H ow could I have done that? Everyone has asked......