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The Lies They Write

Patrick Marnham Lies, Damned Lies and Some Exclusives Henry Porter (Chatto & Windus f9.95) A s I was about to review this book, my eye fell on a caption in the Daily Telegraph......

Navel-gazers

Prabhu Guptara The British Council: The First Fifty Years Frances Donaldson (Cape £16) W ho reads histories of organisations? Surely only people passionately in- terested in......