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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......

Controversy, Coruscation And Caricature

Bruce Anderson WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE TORIES by Ian Gilmour Fourth Estate, .£25, pp. 440 his book contains two different, T though related, books. One is of great value, the......