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More Than A Dress Rehearsal

John Hackett THE KOREAN WAR by Max Hastings Michael Joseph, f14.95 T he Korean War, so much oversha- dowed by the even greater, and on the home front so much more intimately......

Books

From boy scout to myth Colin Welch HERGE AND TINTIN, REPORTERS by Philippe Goddin translated by Michael Farr Sundancer, f.25 I first met Tintin near Tildonk in Bel- gium in the......

George Formby Senior

The comedian had terrible health most of his forty years. Wealth and success were modest and painful. In fact his bronchial cough was part of the act. James Simmons......