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Power Behind The Scenes

Philip Manse! JOHN 3RD EARL OF Bum: PATRON AND COLLECTOR by Francis Russell Published by Francis Russell, Tel: 020 7389 2073, £95, pp. 279, ISBN 0951259512 p arliament has so......

Music As The Food Of Love

Kate Chisholm SUSANNA, THE CAPTAIN & THE CASTRATO: SCENES FROM THE BURNEY SALON, 1779-80 by Linda Kelly Starhaven, 42 Frognal, London NW3 6AG, £9, pp. 139, ISBN 0936315210 S......

Fasten Your Seat-belts . . .

John Michell DOOMSDAY JUST AHEAD by Ian Niall Rankin The Book Guild, £16.95, pp. 152, ISBN 1857768094 r £14.95 (plus £2.25 p&p) 0870 800 4848 T he end of the world is nigh.......