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The West Still Declining

Bohdan Nahaylo HOW DEMOCRACIES PERISH by Jean-Francois Revel Weidenfeld & Nicolson, £12.95 T his is a powerful and pugnacious work, even if the subject — the West's......

A True Poet From The Great World

Peter Levi SELECTED POEMS by Charles Johnston Published for Charles Johnston by the Bodley Head, f4.50 C harles Johnston has been publishing a book a year of brilliant verse......

Correction Shirley Robin Letwin's Review Of Troubled...

Sarah Austin (Spectator 29 June) appeared with the incorrect price. It is £19.50 and not £30 as stated.......