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The Poisoned Olive Branch

John Bercow C OMPLICITY WITH E VIL by Adam LeBor Yale, £17.99, pp. 326, ISBN 0300111711 ✆ £14.39 (plus £2.45 p&p) 0870 429 6655 O n paper, Adam LeBor boasts excellent......

The Pleasures Of Peripolitania

Alan Coren SEMI-DETACHED by Griff Rhys Jones Michael Joseph, £20, pp. 324, ISBN 0718146263 ✆ £16 (plus £2.45 p&p) 0870 429 6655 W ere you to look up the word ‘peripolitan’ in......

The Shiva Naipaul Memorial Prize 2006/07

The Shiva Naipaul Memorial Prize is awarded annually to the writer best able to describe a visit to a foreign place or people, in an essay of up to 3,000 words. The award will......