13 APRIL 1991, page 41

Arts

Art Critical life-lines Bold knaves thrive without one grain of sense, But good men starve for want of impudence. (John Dryden, Epilogue to TT Constantine the Great) here have......

What's In A Name?

Edward Mortimer A HISTORY OF THE ARAB PEOPLES by Albert Hourani Faber, f25, pp.551 T he clue is in the title: that final 's'. Albert Hourani is much too wise and hon- est a......