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A Voice Crying In The Wilderness

Jonathan Sumption REFLECTIONS ON EXILE by Edward W. Said Granta, £20, pp. 617, ISBN 1862074445 E dward Said is an unusual and attractive figure in the world of letters. By......

Scoring Behind The Scenes

Fiona Maddocks THE POCKET ESSENTIAL FILM MUSIC by Paul Tonks Pocket Essentials, £3.99, pp. 93, ISBN 1903047633 F ilms begin and end with music. Before the talkies, music was all......

Brutal Home County

Jonathan Keates ALL THE DEVILS ARE HERE by David Seabrook Granta, £10, pp. 173, ISBN 862074836 T hat immense, ungainly territorial lump which forms Britain's elbow, knee or......