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That Side Of Paradise

Andrew Barrow THE SPICE ISLANDS VOYAGE by Tim Severin Little, Brown, £20, pp. 267 J udging by the titles of some of his earli- er works, none of which I have read, Tim Severin......

A Demonstration Of The Truth

Simon Courtauld WHEN THE COUNTRY WENT TO TOWN by Duff Hart-Davis Excellent Press, £12, pp. 150 B efore they vote on 28 November, on the second reading of Michael Foster's Bill......