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Gladstone's Heir Apparent

Andrew Roberts THE LOST PRIME MINISTER: A LIFE OF SIR CHARLES DILKE by David Nicholls Hambledon Press, £25, pp. 386 S ir Charles Dilke was the Tony Benn of his day. He was the......

How They Beat The Miners

Paul Foot THE ENEMY WITHIN: MI5, MAXWELL AND THE SCARGILL AFFAIR by Seamus Milne Verso, f15.99, pp. 344 T his is a book about spies. Since its author is a journalist on the......