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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......

Watch This Space

David Hughes ALIENS by Bryan Appleyard Scribners, £15.99, pp. 340, ISBN 0743256859 ✆ £13.99 (plus £2.25 p&p) 0870 800 4848 I read this nice well-intentioned book with devotion,......