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An Age Of Vulgarity

Robert Skidelsky The Age of Uncertainty J. K. Galbraith ( BBC/Andre Deutsch £7.25) One day in 1973, Galbraith was rung up in America by someone from the BBC in L ondon. Would he......

A Double Life

Roger Stevens The Imperial Shah: An Informal Biography Gerard de Villiers (Weidenfeld and Nicolson £6.00) The Shah Margaret Laing (Sidgwick and Jackson £6.95) It is difficult to......