26 OCTOBER 1991, page 37

Four Legs Good, Two Legs Not So Good

Peregrine Hartington OAKSEY ON RACING: 30 YEARS OF WRITING AND RIDING by John Oaksey Kirzgswood, €15.99, pp. 427 J ohn Oaksey is first and foremost an enthusiast, and it is......

But Answer Came There None

Robert Kee T he inscription on a fine triumphal arch in the heart of the Irish Republic's capital states that 'Ireland built it as a monument to her bravest soldiers'. This does......

A Most Respectable Mobster

William Boyd LITTLE MAN: MEYER LANSKY AND THE GANGSTER LIFE by Robert Lacey Century, £17.99, pp.547 mil' ackie Mason, the American comedian, has a joke about the Mafia. Those......