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Unnerved By Ancestral Voices

Tony Gould TRIALS OF THE MONKEY: AN ACCIDENTAL MEMOIR by Matthew Chapman Duckworth, £14.99, pp. 337 T his hugely entertaining book is some- thing of a curiosity. It sets out to......

Directing From The Wings

Brian Masters LADIES OF INFLUENCE by A. Susan Williams Allen LanelPenguin, £18.99, pp. 240 A book of undemanding pen-portraits is a rash endeavour. Hester Chapman used to......