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With Such Stupidity The Gods Themselves Struggle In Vain

Noel Malcolm he pornography of violence' is a phrase with a certain currency, but I won- der if enough attention has been paid to the pornography of stupidity. There is a kind......

A Nelson Manqué

Alan Campbell ADMIRAL SATAN: THE LIFE AND CAMPAIGNS OF SUFFREN by Roderick Cavaliero I.B. Tauris, £29.95, pp. 312 P erre-Andre de Suffren, Knight Grand Cross and Bailli of the......

Not Prime Minister, Nor Is Meant To Be

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