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Books

William for ever Eric Christiansen T thought that William was dead. His 1 creator, Richmal Crompton Lamburn, kept him alive for 47 years by writing 37 books about him, and by......

Ogden Nash

James Michie I Wouldn't have Missed it Ogden Nash (Deutsch £9.95) O gden Nash, who died in 1971, was an original and quintessentially New Yorkerish entertainer. Like Larry Adler......

Pitiless

Harriet Waugh Good Night Sweet Ladies Caroline Blackwood (Heinemann £7.95) C aroline Blackwood's new book of short stories sardonically entitled Good Night Sweet Ladies forces......