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Hanged By The Neck

Andrew Barrow THE BOOK OF TIES by Francois Chaille Flammarion, £29.95, pp. 176 I t is claimed in the preface to this weighty but lightweight tome that there is `a growing need......

Familiarity Breeds Belief And Children

John Bayley THE BOOK OF THE ARCHERS by Patricia Greene, Charles Collingwood and Hedli Niklaus Michael Joseph, £14.99, pp. 320 R eading the story in a woman's magazine, or its......