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Let Us Now Praise Famous Men

Sam Leith CREATORS: F ROM C HAUCER TO W ALT D ISNEY by Paul Johnson Weidenfeld, £20, pp. 320, ISBN 0297851 ✆ £16 (plus £2.45 p&p) 0870 429 6655 T his book is intended, Paul......

Standing Room Only

Mark Archer T HE B LACK H OLE : M ONEY , M YTH AND E MPIRE by Jan Dalley Penguin/Fig Tree, £16.99, pp. 222, ISBN 9780670914470 T he story of the Black Hole of Calcutta was once......