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Dreams Of Empire

Alan Wall BLOOD AND KIN: AN EMPIRE SAGA by Andrew Sinclair Sinclair-Stevenson, £17.99, pp. 822, ISBN 095404763X T his book is nothing if not ambitious. Its 822 pages take us......

The Case For Not Burning Dodos

Charles Saumarez Smith TREASURES ON EARTH: MUSEUMS, COLLECTIONS AND PARADOXES by Keith Thomson Faber, £12.99, pp. 114, ISBN 0571212956 P rofessor Keith Thomson, the Director of......