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Old Chess Nuts

Gyles 13randreth Idle Passion: Chess and the Dance of Death Alexander Cockburn (Weidenfeld and Nicolson £4.25) As the founder of the National Scrabble Championships and the......

History Or Holy Smoke?

Hugh Lloyd-Jones Moses: Man in the Wilderness David Daiches (Weidenfeld and Nicolson £6.50) The importance in world history of the traditions connected with the name of Moses......