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Another False Dawn

Liliana Brisby CAFE EUROPA : LIFE AFTER COMMUNISM by Slavenka Drakulic Abacus, £6.99, pp. 213 I n How We Survived Communism and Even Laughed, a collection of essays pub- lished......

A Far Cry From Savile Row

Andrew Barrow THE TAILOR OF PANAMA by John Le Carte Hodder, £16.99, pp. 410 T ailoring is a subject close to my heart. I love its terminology and old-fashioned practitioners,......