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Forty Years Off

Tony Gould WALKING IN THE SHADE by Doris Lessing HarperCollins, £20, pp. 369 T his is the second volume of Doris Lessing's autobiography, taking her story from her arrival in......

By No Means Small Beer

Simon Hoggart DEAR BILL by William Deedes Macmillan, £20, pp. 413 I t's no wonder that this charming and self-effacing book is named after the Private Eye column; it is the......