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Books Special The Sonny Side Of The Street

John Osborne BERNARD SHAW: VOLUME I: THE SEARCH FOR LOVE by Michael Holroyd Chatto, £16, pp.486 L ike the Victorians, the English lower orders continue to discourage ambition in......

The Mysterious Frailty Of Our Natures

Edward Norman ADAM, EVE, AND THE SERPENT by Elaine Pagels Weidenfeld & Nicolson, f14.95, pp.189 I t is one of the least happy features of contemporary Christianity that the......