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A New Lease Of Life

Teresa Waugh THE SEVEN SISTERS by Margaret Drabble Viking, £16.99, pp. 307, ISBN 0670913359 T he heroine of Margaret Drabble's new novel is on first sight pretty depressing, and......

As Sharp As Cut Tin

D. J. Taylor BEHINDLINGS by Nicola Barker Flamingo, 110.99, pp. 535, ISBN 0007135254 I n fiction, as in other branches of the creative arts, reputation is all, or nearly all.......

Raw Skin Over Bone

Magnus Linklater STONE VOICES: THE SEARCH FOR SCOTLAND by Neal Ascherson Granta, 116.99, pp. 240, ISBN 1862075247 A t the Edinburgh Book Festival this year, Dr David Starkey,......