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I n the Labour Party, the phrase 'man- datory reselection' has all the resonance of Wanderley' in Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca; a dream for some, it is a nightmare for others —......

Not Mocked

Y ork Minster has been unlucky. The fire of 1840 which gutted the crossing tower and destroyed the wooden roof of the nave was started accidentally by workmen repairing the......

Three Into One

A braying of top brass makes a frightful din. Every attempt to integrate the armed services over the past 30 years has provoked the Chiefs of Staff to exercise their right to......

Two Of The Three Winners Of This Year's Somerset Maugham

Awards, which are made `to enable young British authors to enrich their writing by experience in foreign countries', are regular writers for the Spec- tator: Peter Ackroyd wins......

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