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Children Of The Siege

Thomas Pakenham A HISTORY OF ULSTER by Jonathan Bardon The Blackstaff Press, Belfast, £30, £14.95, pp.928 J onathan Bardon is the Marathon Man of Ulster history. He begins his......

Seven Of The Brightest And Best?

Ross Clark A couple of years ago the task of read- ing seven first novels would have been about as enjoyable as eating seven bags of dry flour. But to judge by this collection......