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Strands Of Truth In A Morass Of Chaos

Sebastian Smee ART: A NEW HISTORY by Paul Johnson Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 125, pp. 777, ISBN 0297829289 T he further back one goes in histories of art, the more the emphasis......

A Guru Among Logic-choppers

Raymond Carr IRIS MURDOCH AS I KNEW HER by A. N. Wilson Hutchinson, £18.99, pp. 384, ISBN 0091742463 m r A. N. Wilson is outraged at the image of Iris Murdoch presented in the......