19 MARCH 1983, page 19

Rebecca West

Terence de Vere White S he took the nom de guerre because she had been acting the part — her first ambition was the theatre — not as a state- ment about herself. She wanted to......

The Men Of Merthyr

Gerda Cohen W ales so mild and vulnerable, meeting us out of the Severn Tunnel with flooded terraces, meek crushed chimney pots and, for Saint David's Day, daffodils, a big......

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