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Books

The hall of fame Bevis Hillier THE NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY by Charles Saumarez Smith NPG, £25, f17.50, pp 237 I t is a sweet relief to be able to open a book on one of our......

Clerihew Corner

Usually Mr Attlee Expressed himself woefully flatly. It was only when someone had to be sacked That he rose to the merely matter-of-fact. James Michie......

0 Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore Art Thou, Romeo?

Piers Paul Read THE FILE: A PERSONAL HISTORY by Timothy Garton Ash HarperCollins, L12.99, pp. 226 S everal British writers have sought inspiration in Berlin. When I lived there......