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Around The World In 18 Cookery Books

Elfreda Pownall L ong before she became a fingerlickin' television star Nigella Lawson's ability to conjure tastes in vivid prose and her celebration of the pleasures of eating......

The Bad Old Times Recorded

David Edeisten THOMAS HARDY'S 'FACTS' NOTEBOOK edited by William Greenslade Ashgate (Tel: 01252 351855), £49.50, pp. 365, ISBN 1840142359 T he inconsistency between how they......

Martell Ii Was The End Of A Long Week. The

deal had been signed and the two banks were now merging. I was now CEO of one of the largest brokerage firms in the City. Tonight I was on a high. City dinners are often a bore.......