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The Lights That Failed

Ian Garrick Mason E NGLAND ’ S L OST EDEN by Philip Hoare Fourth Estate, £25, pp. 548, ISBN 0007159102 ✆ £23 (plus £2.25 p&p) 0870 800 4848 W hile the Victorian age was......

The Sensuous Recluse

Grey Gowrie M ATISSE : T HE M ASTER by Hilary Spurling Penguin, £25, pp. 512, ISBN 0241133394 ✆ £23 (plus £2.25 p&p) 0870 800 4848 W hat in the world has happened to the culture......