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Stuff Of Life

Terence de Vere White Scenes from Later Life William Cooper (Macmillan £7.95) I n the art of concealing art William Cooper needs no instruction. A newcomer to his work is......

Comeback

Nigella Lawson Babies in Rhinestone Shena Mackay (William Heinemann £7.95) S hena Mackay has a genius for diag- nosing the ills of modern living. Her ter- ritory is a world of......